Pimps and sex workers, according to the Stockholm police spokesman Simon Häggström book into apartments using false addresses. In the Swedish capital, the police have knowledge of around 200 addresses to each time is used for selling and buying sexual services.

Hotels are thus no longer the preferred accommodation.
– Rental Apartments is now the largest arena for buying sex, says Häggström to the Swedish newspaper Dagens Nyheter.
The fake profiles are used to trick owners of the apartments.
– People are naive, they should definitely do a more thorough check of those they rent to, Häggström says.
Pye Jakobsson spokeswoman for the pink alliance. She works for sex workers rights in Sweden, said in a statement that it considered the case that Airbnb has been used in such cases. This fact is not least the police has begun to instruct hotel staff in how to weed out sex workers.
Airbnb emphasizes that the company operates with zero tolerance in this area.