WEBVTT - 12) The Thieves' Code 0:00:01.360 --> 0:00:03.920 All eight episodes of To Die For are available now 0:00:04.000 --> 0:00:07.000 to bench absolutely free, but for ad free listening and 0:00:07.040 --> 0:00:12.160 exclusive bonuses, subscribe to tendorfoot Plus at tenderfootplus dot com 0:00:12.280 --> 0:00:13.600 or on Apple Podcasts. 0:00:14.800 --> 0:00:22.720 Warning, the following episode contains explicit language and sexual themes. 0:00:23.520 --> 0:00:25.320 Listener discretion is advised. 0:00:30.280 --> 0:00:33.680 They saw themselves as the real carriers of the Russian tradition, 0:00:34.880 --> 0:00:37.600 and it was a world of very small, tightly organized 0:00:37.640 --> 0:00:42.360 criminal groups which were brought together by a very strict 0:00:42.960 --> 0:00:46.000 and hierarchical code. Leaders of these groups who were called 0:00:46.280 --> 0:00:49.559 the thieves in law, which meant ready thieves within their 0:00:49.600 --> 0:00:50.920 own law, they were called vorti. 0:00:51.800 --> 0:00:54.840 What their traditional mafia is to Italy, the vori is 0:00:54.880 --> 0:00:58.240 to Russian organized criminal groups, or as they're called in Russia. 0:00:58.720 --> 0:01:03.240 Opg Ivory were born in Soviet labor camps and eventually 0:01:03.240 --> 0:01:06.600 became the elite criminal class in Russia, known for a 0:01:06.600 --> 0:01:09.839 specific code of honor, one that had very strict guidelines 0:01:10.040 --> 0:01:10.679 around women. 0:01:11.400 --> 0:01:15.200 The Braskoys are gone or thieves code. He must forsake 0:01:15.280 --> 0:01:19.520 his family, he must never work, He must survive by 0:01:19.560 --> 0:01:24.200 criminal activities alone, help other thieves, and recruit and train 0:01:24.319 --> 0:01:27.560 young beginners in the trade. Limit his drinking and not 0:01:27.640 --> 0:01:31.400 a mass gambling debt city cannot cover. The thief can 0:01:31.480 --> 0:01:33.840 have nothing to do with the authorities or serve in 0:01:33.880 --> 0:01:37.040 the military. He must keep his promises made to other 0:01:37.120 --> 0:01:43.039 thieves and abide by punishment determined by other thieves. In law, 0:01:43.840 --> 0:01:46.240 he must refrain from marrying or having a family of 0:01:46.280 --> 0:01:49.640 his own. This does not precruit him from having a lover. 0:01:51.480 --> 0:01:54.160 A key. 0:02:00.200 --> 0:02:06.360 Dude that I come on my June to that. 0:02:07.840 --> 0:02:13.760 Of I was hold and my god, I got to. 0:02:15.760 --> 0:02:20.120 You. I had to kill you. 0:02:23.040 --> 0:02:23.639 Thisss. 0:02:24.080 --> 0:03:00.320 So what's for? Episode twelve, Chapter twenty six, Another Life? 0:03:00.480 --> 0:03:04.200 So Friday morning, my vocap and the first thing in 0:03:04.200 --> 0:03:08.119 my brain was, oh, my god, what if I will 0:03:08.160 --> 0:03:10.320 not be able to do that? What if he wouldn't 0:03:10.400 --> 0:03:13.400 like me? What if something will go wrong? I didn't know. 0:03:15.480 --> 0:03:18.680 It was the day of Leah's biggest operation. On this 0:03:18.800 --> 0:03:21.360 Friday night, she would go to the city's hottest club 0:03:21.520 --> 0:03:26.400 disguised as a high class prostitute. Her mission to seduce Vladimir, 0:03:26.720 --> 0:03:29.720 the head of a dangerous drug trafficking gang, and infiltrate 0:03:29.760 --> 0:03:34.440 his organization. Just one mistake could cost Aliah her life. 0:03:35.840 --> 0:03:38.360 There was a lot of preparation to be done, and 0:03:38.400 --> 0:03:41.560 it started with remembering that Vladimir's childhood friend had told 0:03:41.560 --> 0:03:44.560 her team that the love of Vladimir's youth, who had 0:03:44.600 --> 0:03:47.800 left him for another man, had worn short skirts, white 0:03:47.880 --> 0:03:49.680 knee socks, and braided hair. 0:03:50.560 --> 0:03:55.480 I dressed in this really short skirt and I bought 0:03:55.480 --> 0:04:00.560 a really beautiful but very sexy, very open on top 0:04:01.200 --> 0:04:06.240 with crystals on it. It was sparkling white, and I 0:04:06.360 --> 0:04:09.840 raided my hair. I put some makeup, and I put 0:04:10.000 --> 0:04:15.240 white socks. Tell my niece, and I put some high heels. 0:04:17.120 --> 0:04:20.240 During their investigation, the least team had also learned about 0:04:20.279 --> 0:04:23.520 the personality of Vladimir's high school girlfriend, and what stood 0:04:23.560 --> 0:04:26.760 out was that she was very talkative and funny, almost silly. 0:04:27.880 --> 0:04:31.080 So I decided that I will rehearse in front of 0:04:31.120 --> 0:04:35.440 the mirror, and I just started to pronounce these words 0:04:36.000 --> 0:04:39.520 in this like giggling way. I had to make sure 0:04:39.600 --> 0:04:44.440 he would definitely be interested and intrigued by me from 0:04:44.480 --> 0:04:49.440 the first moment, and I was thinking what would I 0:04:49.520 --> 0:04:52.080 tell him and how would I look to him? So 0:04:52.120 --> 0:04:55.479 I trained my eyes as well with this like look, 0:04:56.760 --> 0:05:01.800 with full desire and admiration, and I I remembered some jokes, 0:05:02.640 --> 0:05:05.400 So I wrote down some jokes. I mean, I was 0:05:05.440 --> 0:05:07.000 freaking out seriously. 0:05:09.279 --> 0:05:11.880 Leah's team leader had already made the initial contact with 0:05:11.920 --> 0:05:14.920 the gang and established a relationship, pretending to be a 0:05:14.960 --> 0:05:16.680 small time pimp and drug dealer. 0:05:18.440 --> 0:05:23.160 So in our plan, he's supposed to introduce me as 0:05:23.279 --> 0:05:26.560 one of the next girl. So he was literally like, 0:05:26.800 --> 0:05:30.040 you know, pimp. But I didn't want to sleep at 0:05:30.120 --> 0:05:32.760 him from the first night because I knew it wouldn't 0:05:32.800 --> 0:05:34.919 be appreciated. 0:05:36.839 --> 0:05:37.440 That evening. 0:05:38.080 --> 0:05:40.279 Leah then met her colleagues to drive to the club 0:05:40.480 --> 0:05:43.000 and make the initial contact with Vladimir and his so 0:05:43.160 --> 0:05:44.440 called brothers in the gang. 0:05:46.279 --> 0:05:51.919 So we said to the car the drove and my 0:05:52.120 --> 0:05:57.480 concern was about his brothers. He had always these like 0:05:57.560 --> 0:06:00.600 four guys next to him all the time, and they 0:06:00.600 --> 0:06:05.760 looked really violent and they were huge, no emotions on face. 0:06:05.880 --> 0:06:09.159 And you definitely don't want to see these guys in 0:06:09.240 --> 0:06:15.360 the dark neighborhood. Believe me, you don't. So I was thinking, 0:06:15.480 --> 0:06:19.240 how can I make them to like me? Because if 0:06:19.279 --> 0:06:23.159 I seduce Vladimir, need to seduce his in the circle 0:06:23.240 --> 0:06:25.200 in the way they would like me and they would 0:06:25.320 --> 0:06:30.279 accept me in the circle. They gave me the wire 0:06:31.400 --> 0:06:34.400 and they was like, we will be nearby. If something 0:06:34.440 --> 0:06:37.960 will go wrong, don't worry because we will be just 0:06:38.160 --> 0:06:42.039 in the car sitting and waiting for you. But your 0:06:42.040 --> 0:06:45.560 colic will be next to you, your amazing pimp, so 0:06:45.640 --> 0:06:49.800 don't worry. Everything will be good. And then my colleagues said, Okay, 0:06:50.080 --> 0:06:51.119 be careful. 0:06:53.920 --> 0:06:57.120 Her mission was not just to get evidence against Vladimir's gang, 0:06:57.560 --> 0:06:59.960 but to uncover the whole network that was bringing drug 0:07:00.080 --> 0:07:03.719 in from Afghanistan, then deluting them with chemicals, packaging them 0:07:03.960 --> 0:07:05.920 and distributing them in Russia. 0:07:06.120 --> 0:07:09.200 Oh with department, we wanted to find out who were 0:07:09.279 --> 0:07:13.200 these people who would fix and mix these drugs, because 0:07:13.200 --> 0:07:16.920 these people are responsible for all these deaths. Mixing all 0:07:16.920 --> 0:07:22.040 these doses with amphetamine and chemical drugs, it would. 0:07:21.960 --> 0:07:22.880 Kill other people. 0:07:25.760 --> 0:07:29.200 Eventually, Aliyah arrived at the club. It was one she'd 0:07:29.200 --> 0:07:32.400 never been to before, the most popular and exclusive in 0:07:32.400 --> 0:07:33.840 the city. 0:07:33.960 --> 0:07:35.720 So we're there. 0:07:36.200 --> 0:07:43.040 I see the club, huge building, beautiful girls standing outside, smoking, 0:07:43.840 --> 0:07:46.360 beautiful dresses, just gorgeous. 0:07:46.880 --> 0:07:48.760 The music was so loud. 0:07:49.360 --> 0:07:55.640 And every time I hear this music, I'm remembering that night. 0:07:56.840 --> 0:07:59.840 Her contact, who was undercover pretending to be her pimp, 0:08:00.360 --> 0:08:02.840 was waiting outside and went over the plan with her. 0:08:03.800 --> 0:08:05.040 He gave me instructions. 0:08:05.680 --> 0:08:08.480 This should to come to the bar a counter and 0:08:08.680 --> 0:08:12.720 ordered some drinks and he will do the whole introduction. 0:08:13.040 --> 0:08:16.000 And all I need to do is just smile, be nice, 0:08:16.360 --> 0:08:21.000 and just be playful. If Vladimir likes you, usually, if 0:08:21.000 --> 0:08:24.880 he likes the girl I introduced him, he invites her 0:08:24.920 --> 0:08:28.280 to the table. If he doesn't like her, he does 0:08:28.360 --> 0:08:30.480 introduce her to the table. And that's how I know 0:08:30.560 --> 0:08:32.240 that I should find another girl for him. 0:08:33.760 --> 0:08:38.200 Between her strict upbringing military school in Chehnya, Aliyah had 0:08:38.200 --> 0:08:40.880 never been to a place like this before. As she 0:08:40.960 --> 0:08:43.800 walked to the door, she was intoxicated by the glamor, 0:08:44.320 --> 0:08:46.280 almost forgetting the gravity of her mission. 0:08:47.160 --> 0:08:50.400 I had never been in the club, I never being dancing, 0:08:51.360 --> 0:08:55.000 I never hang out with other people like that. So 0:08:55.040 --> 0:08:57.319 I just wanted to have fun. And I was thinking 0:08:57.360 --> 0:08:59.800 that I'll do my job, but you know what, I'll 0:08:59.840 --> 0:09:00.720 have a good time. 0:09:01.400 --> 0:09:01.960 Why not. 0:09:04.440 --> 0:09:08.720 Be came to the bar counter, my pimp ordered some 0:09:08.800 --> 0:09:16.200 drinks and I was like dancing. But from my powerful vision, 0:09:17.200 --> 0:09:23.160 I saw Vladimir looking at me because they were sitting 0:09:23.760 --> 0:09:27.160 at the corner table. Which was the biggest table and 0:09:27.200 --> 0:09:32.120 it was on the stage, my presenting peep. He said, Okay, 0:09:32.320 --> 0:09:36.800 be ready, he's coming. Stop drinking. He came and he 0:09:36.920 --> 0:09:39.520 looked at me and he was like observing and studying 0:09:39.520 --> 0:09:42.040 what I'm doing, like every single my move, Like. 0:09:44.160 --> 0:09:49.480 It was so exciting. It was so cold, and it 0:09:49.559 --> 0:09:51.160 was so dangerous. 0:09:52.360 --> 0:09:57.240 I didn't even want to have any thought that he 0:09:57.360 --> 0:10:03.320 may ever know that I was an undercover agent. I 0:10:03.440 --> 0:10:05.600 just didn't love this thought to come to my brain, 0:10:06.040 --> 0:10:10.800 as I was taught never think about a failure, because 0:10:10.840 --> 0:10:13.400 you will fail and I have to be the winner. 0:10:17.080 --> 0:10:22.880 So then my pretending pimp, he touched my shoulder and 0:10:23.000 --> 0:10:28.800 he said, hey, this is Vladimir. Want to introduce you. 0:10:31.280 --> 0:10:37.280 And the moment I looked at Vladimir with my seductive, 0:10:37.440 --> 0:10:44.120 playful look, the whole love which I created for two months, 0:10:44.760 --> 0:10:49.319 looking at him every single day for eight hours at least, 0:10:50.440 --> 0:10:51.360 and he noticed. 0:10:53.520 --> 0:10:57.000 Leah worked her usual routine, making sure to embody the positive, 0:10:57.040 --> 0:11:00.720 funny qualities of Vladimir's former girlfriend while adding in her 0:11:00.760 --> 0:11:05.840 seduction training, specifically flattery, complementing Vladimir as he talked about 0:11:05.840 --> 0:11:08.480 being one of the owners of the club and. 0:11:08.360 --> 0:11:13.440 That's the power of the manipulative compliments. And while he 0:11:13.559 --> 0:11:18.400 was telling me these things, you what can he brought 0:11:18.440 --> 0:11:24.040 me to they table and we sat down, and my 0:11:24.200 --> 0:11:27.800 pretending pemp I could see him, so he was standing 0:11:28.000 --> 0:11:33.200 at the bar countern, just like sipping a drink. I 0:11:33.240 --> 0:11:37.360 felt like, it's okay, I'm not alone. I felt safe 0:11:38.280 --> 0:11:44.080 kind of more or less. So I asked him some 0:11:44.200 --> 0:11:49.680 questions which will lead him to the conversation where he 0:11:49.800 --> 0:11:53.000 would think that we have mutual interests. 0:11:53.760 --> 0:11:57.080 After creating this initial rapport, Liah moved on to the 0:11:57.080 --> 0:11:58.120 next part of the script. 0:11:58.200 --> 0:11:59.080 She'd been practicing. 0:12:00.240 --> 0:12:03.679 So I had homework to write these stories, and then 0:12:03.720 --> 0:12:05.560 I rehearsed it in front of the mirror so I 0:12:05.559 --> 0:12:09.559 could tell him and he loved And then he told 0:12:09.640 --> 0:12:12.960 to one of his guys, oh, look like, listen to 0:12:13.040 --> 0:12:16.320 her story. It's so funny, Like she's a funny girl. 0:12:18.080 --> 0:12:21.080 It was a crazy feeling when you're playing the role 0:12:21.120 --> 0:12:26.000 of someone else, even though like I did their rehearsal 0:12:26.240 --> 0:12:30.800 and I did the whole preparation, but yet inside of me, 0:12:30.840 --> 0:12:35.120 I still had this kind of what if, you know, 0:12:35.800 --> 0:12:37.760 like I need to be careful here. 0:12:39.240 --> 0:12:41.800 As she worked to win over the group. She noticed 0:12:41.840 --> 0:12:45.240 that one person in Vladimir's game wasn't trusting this unfamiliar 0:12:45.280 --> 0:12:47.600 woman who seemed to be entertaining the whole table. 0:12:50.480 --> 0:12:53.840 And I started to tell this funny story and everybody 0:12:54.000 --> 0:12:55.800 loved afarst from one guy. 0:12:56.960 --> 0:12:59.280 And he looked. 0:12:59.000 --> 0:13:03.280 At me like he was looking through me, trying to 0:13:03.320 --> 0:13:06.920 read my mind, and just like checking every single details 0:13:06.920 --> 0:13:12.400 which I had. I felt that look. I didn't like 0:13:12.440 --> 0:13:19.319 it at all. It made me worried. And Vladimir said, oh, 0:13:19.360 --> 0:13:22.560 this is a right hand, which I knew. I always 0:13:22.800 --> 0:13:25.880 used to see him next to him, so he'd never 0:13:26.240 --> 0:13:29.880 had any emotions on his face. He would be really 0:13:29.920 --> 0:13:33.400 like strict, and he wouldn't go out with any girls. 0:13:33.800 --> 0:13:40.480 Really kind of like a good security, like a perfect dog, 0:13:40.679 --> 0:13:42.160 which is just watching. 0:13:41.920 --> 0:13:42.680 And sisting there. 0:13:44.880 --> 0:13:47.400 And I try not to pay attention, but it I 0:13:47.440 --> 0:13:49.600 felt that I should be really careful with this guy, 0:13:51.160 --> 0:13:52.160 like super careful. 0:14:05.400 --> 0:14:07.280 As she sat at the table trying to win the 0:14:07.280 --> 0:14:10.880 acceptance of Vladimir, circle Alia saw an opportunity that might 0:14:10.960 --> 0:14:14.400 save the mission. A first seduction failed to recruit one 0:14:14.400 --> 0:14:17.600 of the women there as a friend and unwinning informant, 0:14:18.559 --> 0:14:20.080 so she set her sights on a member of the 0:14:20.240 --> 0:14:22.240 entourage who seemed to be closest to the game. 0:14:23.240 --> 0:14:27.400 She was wearing very low waist jeans and her panties. 0:14:28.920 --> 0:14:31.680 I could see her panties like out of her jeans 0:14:31.720 --> 0:14:35.760 and was all kind of like crystals, and I was 0:14:35.880 --> 0:14:40.560 so shocked. First of all, I've never seen anything like that. 0:14:40.600 --> 0:14:43.400 And then I was like, wow, this is like superfession. 0:14:44.320 --> 0:14:48.040 And I started to speak with this girl about her 0:14:48.280 --> 0:14:50.960 like look and fashion style and said like, oh, you 0:14:51.480 --> 0:14:54.880 put everything so nicely, and she loved it, and we 0:14:54.960 --> 0:14:58.760 started to talk. So Anna, her name was Anna. She 0:14:58.920 --> 0:15:02.560 was a perfect informa. First of all, she was in 0:15:02.680 --> 0:15:05.880 the gang for quite a long time, and she was 0:15:06.080 --> 0:15:10.920 sometimes sleeping with one right hand of the Vladimir and 0:15:10.960 --> 0:15:12.840 she's like, oh my god, you're so cool. You should 0:15:12.880 --> 0:15:17.040 come again. We should hang out and we exchange numbers. 0:15:17.800 --> 0:15:20.560 So it was good because I will get more information 0:15:20.720 --> 0:15:24.080 about this gang, Like what does she know? I wanted 0:15:24.120 --> 0:15:26.560 just to get everything out of her head. 0:15:29.040 --> 0:15:31.920 With this small victory secured, Leah tried to figure out 0:15:31.920 --> 0:15:33.840 how to turn her attention back to Vladimir. 0:15:34.760 --> 0:15:38.280 And I felt that Vladimir looked at me a few 0:15:38.320 --> 0:15:43.880 times very briefly, and I put my hand on his 0:15:44.040 --> 0:15:49.800 knees very softly, and I felt that he liked it. 0:15:51.040 --> 0:15:54.800 And then I slowly moved my hand a little bit further, 0:15:56.240 --> 0:15:59.280 and then, you know, just on his inner sarry a 0:15:59.360 --> 0:16:04.880 little bit, and at this same moment he hugged me. 0:16:06.360 --> 0:16:10.480 I felt like, yes, okay, I'm getting closer. Good, So 0:16:10.520 --> 0:16:12.160 I established kind of connection. 0:16:13.960 --> 0:16:17.040 Whenever Leah noticed Vladimir speaking about something that excited him, 0:16:17.240 --> 0:16:19.640 she used the NLP techniques she'd learned in the academy 0:16:19.800 --> 0:16:22.000 and try to anchor those good feelings to her. 0:16:22.600 --> 0:16:26.480 And when he had these positive memories, I touched his neck. 0:16:28.240 --> 0:16:33.440 I established that that anchor and I thought, like, you know, 0:16:33.520 --> 0:16:38.120 like it has to work, because it did work on Cornel. 0:16:40.120 --> 0:16:43.960 It was important for me to have Hate's desire to 0:16:44.000 --> 0:16:48.280 meet with me again, to be like, you know, there 0:16:48.360 --> 0:16:50.640 is something about this girl. I don't know what, but 0:16:50.800 --> 0:16:52.760 she's interesting. 0:16:53.680 --> 0:16:56.320 And then Aliah used one of the oldest seduction tricks 0:16:56.320 --> 0:16:58.480 in the book, leave them wanting more. 0:17:00.200 --> 0:17:06.920 But in about an hour, I said to Vladimir, I'm 0:17:06.960 --> 0:17:07.520 really sorry. 0:17:07.520 --> 0:17:08.399 I have to go home. 0:17:08.840 --> 0:17:11.639 My university starts like at early morning and I have 0:17:11.800 --> 0:17:15.399 to do my classes. He was like, yeah, of course, 0:17:15.480 --> 0:17:19.239 I do understand, and he said, let's go. 0:17:19.400 --> 0:17:20.520 I will drop you off. 0:17:22.359 --> 0:17:25.000 This was the moment when Alea knew she'd accomplished her 0:17:25.040 --> 0:17:29.080 initial objective and added success was that she would now 0:17:29.119 --> 0:17:32.000 have some time alone with Vladimir in a car. It 0:17:32.080 --> 0:17:36.080 was also an added danger. Vladimir signaled to two of 0:17:36.080 --> 0:17:38.320 his friends who left with them and followed in a 0:17:38.359 --> 0:17:38.959 car behind. 0:17:40.600 --> 0:17:44.480 We were driving to my house to drop me off, 0:17:44.560 --> 0:17:48.320 and I was thinking if my colleagues, if they will 0:17:48.400 --> 0:17:51.520 be following us or not. I didn't know that time, 0:17:51.720 --> 0:17:57.400 but I knew they were shaking on me. Well that's 0:17:57.400 --> 0:17:59.280 what I wanted to think. 0:18:11.200 --> 0:18:23.680 Chapter twenty seven, Uncle Stpa, Yeah. 0:18:28.080 --> 0:18:32.159 This is the face of a true Rsian mobster. The 0:18:32.240 --> 0:18:36.880 logic goes like this. Cops usually catch the gruns, the soldiers, 0:18:37.200 --> 0:18:39.920 the lower level thugs and crooks who do the dirty work, 0:18:39.960 --> 0:18:43.119 while the bosses who give the orders sit back and 0:18:43.280 --> 0:18:47.000 maintain the appearance of innocence. The bosses don't like to 0:18:47.040 --> 0:18:49.280 get their hands dirty, and. 0:18:49.240 --> 0:19:01.440 So it is rare to prove serious crimes against them. 0:19:01.600 --> 0:19:04.960 Aliyah had just left the club with her target. She 0:19:05.080 --> 0:19:07.800 was now alone in the car with Vladimir. The leader 0:19:07.840 --> 0:19:10.480 of one of the biggest drug trafficking and extortion gangs 0:19:10.520 --> 0:19:14.240 in the city. Behind her, there was another car following them, 0:19:14.520 --> 0:19:18.639 filled with other equally dangerous criminals in Vladimir's gang. She 0:19:18.760 --> 0:19:22.000 hoped that behind them were the much less dangerous, much 0:19:22.080 --> 0:19:25.880 less experienced members of her backup team. 0:19:26.040 --> 0:19:30.679 While we were driving, he asked me some questions, like 0:19:30.720 --> 0:19:33.560 what's your blood? Where are you coming from, because I 0:19:33.600 --> 0:19:37.720 obviously don't look like a Russian girl, And I said, 0:19:38.520 --> 0:19:42.240 of all guests, and he was like, ta Jikistan, I'm 0:19:42.280 --> 0:19:45.400 like a warm Okay, it was the biggest. Then I'm 0:19:45.400 --> 0:19:50.439 like a warmer. So what like Kazakhstan? Like yes, hot, hot, hot, 0:19:51.000 --> 0:19:54.119 And I was giggling, and he loved it because it 0:19:54.200 --> 0:19:58.399 brought him to his childhood. He's like, he was so funny, 0:19:59.080 --> 0:20:01.680 like what you couldn't say from Kazakhstan. I'm like, well, 0:20:01.720 --> 0:20:05.840 it wouldn't be interesting, right, don't you like games? And 0:20:05.920 --> 0:20:08.520 he looked at me like this will depend what kind 0:20:08.560 --> 0:20:10.480 of games? I said, like with me, it will be 0:20:10.600 --> 0:20:11.800 only finding games. 0:20:12.680 --> 0:20:14.880 They soon arrived in front of Lee's apartment. 0:20:16.520 --> 0:20:21.080 I leaned to Vladimir and I kissed his cheek and 0:20:21.160 --> 0:20:23.720 I said, well, thank you so much. 0:20:24.680 --> 0:20:25.760 I really appreciate it. 0:20:26.960 --> 0:20:36.000 And he's like, okay, Sunshine, sleep well and i'll text 0:20:36.040 --> 0:20:39.760 you tomorrow. And I remember I was like walking into 0:20:39.800 --> 0:20:42.040 a part of It's like, oh my hands for shaking. 0:20:42.119 --> 0:20:43.960 I was like, oh my god, oh my god, I 0:20:43.960 --> 0:20:44.760 can't believe. 0:20:44.560 --> 0:20:46.840 It, Like whow that was? 0:20:47.160 --> 0:20:52.360 It was an experience. I felt so many emotions. 0:20:53.720 --> 0:20:56.720 I asked Aleiah whether she was worried that since the 0:20:56.720 --> 0:20:58.960 gang knew where she lived, they could then follow her 0:20:59.080 --> 0:21:01.200 and find out she was an intelligence agent. 0:21:02.440 --> 0:21:04.640 We agreed before with my team. 0:21:04.720 --> 0:21:08.880 Once I will infiltrate the gang, I will not go 0:21:09.200 --> 0:21:09.840 back to the. 0:21:09.840 --> 0:21:11.080 Office at all. 0:21:11.320 --> 0:21:14.359 Also, I had a separate number which was you know, 0:21:14.440 --> 0:21:16.720 the same card was registered not on my name. 0:21:19.440 --> 0:21:22.320 The next day, Eliah texted Anna, the woman she had 0:21:22.359 --> 0:21:24.600 met at the club, in hopes to befriending her and 0:21:24.640 --> 0:21:27.600 recruiting her as an informant. They agreed to meet at 0:21:27.600 --> 0:21:29.600 a trendy cafe later that afternoon. 0:21:31.160 --> 0:21:32.800 I went to see her. 0:21:33.600 --> 0:21:38.720 She was sitting in a beautiful dress, looking so cooled beautiful. 0:21:39.880 --> 0:21:44.000 So I started to ask her about herself. First, she 0:21:44.160 --> 0:21:47.720 was hanging out with this gang for almost a year, 0:21:48.520 --> 0:21:52.880 which was really important. To know her well and establish 0:21:53.000 --> 0:21:53.640 good connection. 0:21:54.600 --> 0:21:57.399 Eventually, Aliah found a way to ask Anna about the 0:21:57.520 --> 0:22:00.760 very quiet gang member, the one who was thearing mistrustfully 0:22:00.800 --> 0:22:02.200 at her in the club the night before. 0:22:02.960 --> 0:22:06.439 And then that guy who was looking at me with 0:22:06.560 --> 0:22:11.879 these like sharp eyes, absolutely cold and tough. That guy 0:22:12.080 --> 0:22:18.960 actually was one of Vladimir's very old friend So that 0:22:19.080 --> 0:22:26.879 guy actually was responsible for bringing and supplying heroin and cocaine. 0:22:27.080 --> 0:22:30.360 And she said, like, he's so creepy. He always likes 0:22:30.400 --> 0:22:34.240 sitting there like quiet, and he looks at everybody and everything. 0:22:35.160 --> 0:22:37.840 As Aliah talks more about her meeting with Anna, she 0:22:37.960 --> 0:22:40.680 keeps referring to how stylish Houna was and how well 0:22:40.680 --> 0:22:43.600 the gang took care of her financially. So I asked 0:22:43.600 --> 0:22:45.960 her if although her job was to seduce the gang, 0:22:46.359 --> 0:22:50.159 was she also being seduced by the glamor, celebrity and 0:22:50.240 --> 0:22:53.400 lifestyle of the gang. And you didn't have any female 0:22:54.040 --> 0:22:57.240 role models in a sense until you met Anna. 0:22:57.680 --> 0:23:01.239 Anna was my role model hungerd percent and because I 0:23:01.280 --> 0:23:03.800 asked her, like, where do you buy all these crazy 0:23:03.840 --> 0:23:06.440 amazing clothes And she's like, oh, it's like this day 0:23:06.480 --> 0:23:07.160 is like boutique. 0:23:07.200 --> 0:23:08.640 It's super exclusive. 0:23:09.280 --> 0:23:12.640 I'll bring you there, And yes, I was seduced by 0:23:12.680 --> 0:23:19.119 the fashion that moment. Yes, that's where my fashion, desired 0:23:19.119 --> 0:23:23.760 fashion comes from that time, one hundred percent. Because look 0:23:24.440 --> 0:23:28.160 also it was useless are everybody was wearing the same 0:23:28.600 --> 0:23:31.640 very dark and just very awful clothes. 0:23:32.119 --> 0:23:33.920 And then uses are full. 0:23:34.440 --> 0:23:40.920 And all these American clothes comes like jeans, like cool shoes, 0:23:41.080 --> 0:23:41.960 like trainers. 0:23:45.040 --> 0:23:48.040 Back at her home, Aleah received a text from Ladimir 0:23:48.240 --> 0:23:50.119 inviting her to beat him at the club that evening. 0:23:51.520 --> 0:23:55.600 I came to the club by the taxi. I texted Sasha. 0:23:55.680 --> 0:23:58.359 He said he's on the spot. I also texted and 0:23:58.480 --> 0:24:01.840 I said that I'm coming. So she was waiting for me. 0:24:02.640 --> 0:24:09.280 So I walked in and. 0:24:07.440 --> 0:24:08.360 It was scary. 0:24:10.480 --> 0:24:14.600 I felt like I'm a deer or like a lama 0:24:15.359 --> 0:24:22.600 walking into the tiger's home. But I said, no, I 0:24:22.640 --> 0:24:25.560 can do it. So I put a big smile on 0:24:25.600 --> 0:24:32.119 my face and I saw him. He looked at me, 0:24:32.359 --> 0:24:35.080 and he stand up. And that guy was also there, 0:24:35.359 --> 0:24:39.199 exactly the same spot, and I saw he was watching me, 0:24:39.720 --> 0:24:46.960 watching through me, and it felt like he knew who. 0:24:47.600 --> 0:24:48.359 I really was. 0:24:50.119 --> 0:24:53.000 Leah tried to focus on the task at hand, returning 0:24:53.040 --> 0:24:55.680 her attention to Vladimir, the gang's leader. 0:24:56.880 --> 0:24:58.440 I wanted to seduce him. 0:24:58.840 --> 0:25:01.600 So we talked about his past, and he told me 0:25:01.760 --> 0:25:06.040 a little bit about his family, which is great. And 0:25:06.160 --> 0:25:11.200 there was one question which every man loves and every 0:25:11.240 --> 0:25:15.199 man wants to talk about this. And this is the 0:25:15.280 --> 0:25:19.199 question which brings women very close to the man, and 0:25:19.280 --> 0:25:20.240 the question is. 0:25:21.400 --> 0:25:24.760 Leah pauses and ask me to guess the question, very 0:25:24.760 --> 0:25:27.960 similar to the game she was playing with Vladimir. I'm 0:25:28.000 --> 0:25:28.840 unable to guess it. 0:25:29.960 --> 0:25:32.680 When I was in the military academy, the coronel said, 0:25:33.240 --> 0:25:38.840 the most psychological technique which really makes the brain of 0:25:38.880 --> 0:25:42.800 the man becomes really attached to the woman. If the 0:25:42.840 --> 0:25:46.119 woman asked what was your dream when you were a 0:25:46.160 --> 0:25:50.359 little boy? Then I asked this question to Vladimir and 0:25:50.400 --> 0:25:54.000 he said, I wanted to be like Uncle Stopa. 0:25:54.840 --> 0:25:55.640 Uncle Stopa. 0:25:55.840 --> 0:26:00.200 It is Marshack's poem for children, and it was about 0:26:00.240 --> 0:26:03.359 this uncle Stopo who would be like a real hero 0:26:03.640 --> 0:26:07.920 in real life. And he was like a policeman. Can 0:26:07.960 --> 0:26:11.000 you measine? Vladimir when he was a little boy, he 0:26:11.080 --> 0:26:19.080 wanted to be a good, noble, brief policeman. And I 0:26:19.240 --> 0:26:23.919 touched his hand and I said, to him, that's so amazing. 0:26:25.640 --> 0:26:29.520 I wanted to work in police too, but I go 0:26:29.680 --> 0:26:32.800 into another direction. But you know what, you still can 0:26:32.880 --> 0:26:35.600 try a lot of things in our life. You're still young. 0:26:36.160 --> 0:26:38.639 The whole world isn't around us like you know, you 0:26:38.680 --> 0:26:43.040 can do anything you want. And I smiled, but inside 0:26:43.080 --> 0:26:46.360 of me, I felt like, you don't know what you're 0:26:46.400 --> 0:26:51.919 talking about, because I wasn't trapped, and he that moment 0:26:52.240 --> 0:26:56.640 was he had much more and bigger freedom than I did. 0:27:20.040 --> 0:27:23.200 This second night with Vladimir was key to Alia's seduction. 0:27:23.880 --> 0:27:26.399 If it didn't go well, she might never see him again. 0:27:27.800 --> 0:27:30.159 And it's becoming clear here that this was important to 0:27:30.160 --> 0:27:33.080