Country said to have more serious enslavement problem than Afghanistan, Colombia and Sri Lanka. There are around 38,000 people in the Czech Republic suffering from enslavement, according to a hard-hitting report. The Global Slavery Index 2013 indicates that the Czech Republic is one of the worst-affected countries in Europe for modern-day slavery, with human trafficking, forced labor and other abuses contributing to the country receiving a poor ranking from the Walk Free Foundation.