The US State Department has again ranked the Czech Republic as a source,
transit, and destination country for human trafficking. The report
outlines as dominant the trafficking of women and children from countries
which include Ukraine, Russia, Belarus, and Vietnam, for purposes of
prostitution and sexual abuse. Also outlined is the problem of interior
trafficking of Romani women. In 2004, the Czech Republic tightened
legislation against traffickers as well as broadened a pilot programme
helping victims nation-wide. In 2004, 30 cases of trafficking in the Czech
Republic were investigated, with 19 going to court. 12 people involved in
trafficking were convicted - up from 5 the previous year.