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}}</ref> Sierra Leone criminalised criminalized FGM in January 2019,<ref name="SLReuters">{{REFweb
|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-leone-women-fgm/sierra-leone-bans-fgm-in-clampdown-on-secret-societies-idUSKCN1PJ1WH
|title=Sierra Leone bans FGM in clampdown on secret societies
|publisher=CNN
|date=2020-05-01
}}</ref> Some Western countries, where FGM has not been traditionally practiced but where immigrants from traditionally FGM-practicing countries have moved to in the 20th and 21st century, have also criminalised criminalized FGM (12 countries as of November 2008).<ref name="CRR 2008">{{REFweb
|url=https://www.reproductiverights.org/document/female-genital-mutilation-fgm-legal-prohibitions-worldwide
|title=Female Genital Mutilation (FGM): Legal Prohibitions Worldwide
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| {{flag|Australia}} || {{CMain|Illegal}} || 1994–7<ref name="CRR 2008"/> || Criminalised criminalized in 6/8 states as of November 2008.<ref name="CRR 2008"/>
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| {{flag|Belgium}} || {{CMain|Illegal}} || 2000<ref name="CRR 2008"/> || As of November 2008.<ref name="CRR 2008"/>
| {{flag|Senegal}} || {{CMain|Illegal}} || 1999<ref name="CRR 2008"/> || As of September 2018.<ref name="28TM 2018"/>
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| {{flag|Sierra Leone}} || {{CMain|Illegal}} || 2019 || Criminalised criminalized in 2019.<ref name="SLReuters"/>
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| {{flag|Somalia}} || {{CRecurring|Legal}} || || As of September 2018.<ref name="28TM 2018"/>
| {{flag|Spain}} || {{CMain|Illegal}} || 2003<ref name="CRR 2008"/> || As of November 2008.<ref name="CRR 2008"/>
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| {{flag|Sudan}} || {{CMain|Illegal}} || 2020 || Criminalised criminalized in 2020.<ref name="SudanCNN"/>
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| {{flag|Sweden}} || {{CMain|Illegal}} || 1982<ref name="CRR 2008"/> || New law enacted in 1998.<ref name="CRR 2008"/>
| {{flag|United Kingdom}} || {{CMain|Illegal}} || 1985<ref name="CRR 2008"/> || As of November 2008.<ref name="CRR 2008"/>
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| {{flag|United States}} || {{CMain|Illegal}} || 1996<ref name="CRR 2008"/> || Criminalised Criminalized federally in 1996 and in 17/50 states (during 1994–2006) as of November 2008.<ref name="CRR 2008"/>
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