Because (at least in Germany) it's illegal and comes with very high fines.
> telephone calls to consumers for sales purposes are illegal if the calling company is not in possession of an explicit and effective declaration of consent by the consumer
Since a lot of the robo calls are part of scams and illegal, I don't think it's the fear of fines. I believe that market size and language barrier are a bigger issue: Plenty of people speak english, few speak german and even fewer are fluent enough in swedish to convince people to hand over their money.
Might be a difference in the phone systems. Not sure if this is true anymore, but I've heard US caller IDs are easy to spoof, while it is basically impossible in Germany.
Also our regulatory bodies are most certainly stronger in this regard than the FCC.
In addition to the enforcement others mentioned, costs are higher.
Calls to Sweden mobile numbers are $0.07 to $0.20 per minute depending on the carrier, vs $0.01 to US numbers. Plus swedish speaking 'sales' talent is probably also more expensive than english speaking.
A lot of the replies suggest a language barrier being the reason, but we don't really get them here in Ireland, despite English being a national language.
