Chernihiv (Ukraine), Ukraine
Victim's (Elena) neighbor spoke to her about a man who offered to pay her 1,000 Euros monthly, for a work as house keeper in Germany. After a prolonged and clandestine passage that included a trip in a luxury automobile to leave Ukraine, she was forced to cross a forest on foot at night and to cross a river in a weakened boat. Elena was finally in Germany, but not working as a house keeper, instead she found herself in a brothel next to her friend and being forced to maintain sexual relations with dozens of men.
Location
Ukraine · Chernihiv (Ukraine) · 2005 (location generalized to protect survivors)
Response & intervention
Arrested by Police and deported back to her home Ukraine.
The victim was arrested by the German police after being captive for three months. She was in a brothel at that time. Elena was arrested, sent to a prison for women in Germany and finally, deported to her place of origin.
Yes, she received help by an NGO in searching for legitimate job opportunities.
A local NGO "Suchasnyk" helped her. When Elena returned, she was registered in the Regional Center of Employment, which it works with the mentioned NGO.
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