People Trafficking on the rise in Czech Republic

There has been an increase in the number of people being trafficked into the Czech Republic according to a survey published by the International Organisation for Migration and the anti-trafficking NGO La Strada. Although the numbers being trafficked into sexual exploitation have fallen, there has been a rise in those who have been trafficked into forced labour particularly on construction sites, in agriculture and in forestry. People from Ukraine, Moldova, Russia, Vietnam, China and Mongolia are the main victims to this offence which is controlled by organised crime. As the survey was commissioned by the Czech Interior Ministry it is to be hoped that better protection for migrant workers will be the result of the research.