BBC documentary describes Czech Republic as transit country for trafficking in women

A BBC television programme, discussing prostitution in European capitals in connection with British weekend trips and “stag parties”, has described the Czech Republic as a transit centre for trafficking in women. The documentary used a hidden camera to record a conversation with a Czech, allegedly involved in trafficking, who offered two women for 3,500 euros each a month. The filmmakers also spoke to a Slovak national involved in trafficking and a prostitute from Slovakia who said she was forced into prostitution in Amsterdam. The documentary said that Prague had 70 brothels in addition to strip clubs, noting the rise in British sex tourism and stag parties in recent years. According to the programme, those were factors contributing to prostitution and trafficking in women. Besides Prague, the documentary filmmakers also looked at the problem of prostitution in Amsterdam, Riga and Warsaw.