Czech Police uncover gang forcing women into prostitution

The Czech Police have arrested seven men believed to have been smuggling women into the Czech Republic and forcing them into prostitution. The spokesperson for the country's anti-organised crime unit says the women from the former Soviet republics were promised cleaning jobs in the Sumava region. Upon their arrival, their passports were taken away and they were forced to work in night clubs. The gang was made up of Czechs, Russians, Ukrainians and an Austrian, TV Nova reports.