An international conference on prostitution in Dublin today is hearing calls from experts for the criminalisation of people who buy sex.

Sweden was the among the first countries to bring in a law targeting those who purchase sex, resulting in a significant drop in prostitution there.

The so-called the "Nordic model" was recently passed into law in Northern Ireland.

Swedish journalist Kajsa (pron. KY-SA) Ekman said the law has recently been extended in Sweden to include men who buy sex abroad: