read a huge banner advert created by Turkish newspaper Günes and displayed at Atatürk Airport in Istanbul. Ads bashing Sweden at Istanbul airport: "Do you know that Sweden has the highest rape rate worldwide?" In Sweden the authorities make great efforts to encourage victims of sexual offences to report these crimes," the Embassy wrote. Story continues below…The number of reported rapes and sexual violence in Sweden went down by 12 percent respectively 11 percent in 2015 on the year before. A total of 18,100 sexual crimes were reported last year, of which 5,920 were alleged rapes, according to Brå statistics.

Source: The Local August 19, 2016 13:17 UTC