WEBVTT - 9) The Taste of Poison

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<v Speaker 2>Warning, the following contains graphic descriptions of violence and sexual

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<v Speaker 2>assault that may be too intense or triggering to some listeners.

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<v Speaker 2>Discretion is advised.

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<v Speaker 3>One of my friend asked me, have you ever been

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<v Speaker 3>in love? And I said yes, of course, every single time,

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<v Speaker 3>and he said no, really because of my trainings, I

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<v Speaker 3>feel that sometimes every single man in my life, even

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<v Speaker 3>for their romantic relationship or something, I still look at them.

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<v Speaker 3>That's my targets. I have different targets in my life.

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<v Speaker 3>It's a different period of times, and manism is the

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<v Speaker 3>tool to achieve your goal. I know it sounds really bad.

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<v Speaker 4>Sorry, that's me.

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<v Speaker 3>Welcome to my world.

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<v Speaker 5>To enjoy you.

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<v Speaker 4>I'm really sorry.

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<v Speaker 6>I how to do that?

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<v Speaker 7>I go on my.

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<v Speaker 5>Juty friends and my god like to you have to tre.

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<v Speaker 7>Verses Episode nine, chapter nineteen. The story so far.

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<v Speaker 8>So I just finished listening to the first eight episodes

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<v Speaker 8>that to Die For. It was the most compelling thing

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<v Speaker 8>I've listened to in a long time, and this is

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<v Speaker 8>not my genre I typically listened to because it's when

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<v Speaker 8>I lived, and it was just thought on fascinating.

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<v Speaker 7>This is Robin Drake, the FBI agent whose voice you

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<v Speaker 7>heard at the beginning of this podcast. He's just finished

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<v Speaker 7>listening to the first eight episodes and called to share

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<v Speaker 7>some thoughts from his experience of twenty two years recruiting

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<v Speaker 7>Russian spies for American intelligence.

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<v Speaker 9>It's completely conceivable and believable.

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<v Speaker 8>Everything she said. Your heart just breaks for the trauma

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<v Speaker 8>that not just she, but.

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<v Speaker 9>I mean they take traffic in human beings.

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<v Speaker 8>I mean, that's exactly what they're doing. They corrupt them,

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<v Speaker 8>they destroy these women.

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<v Speaker 7>Robin is talking about Alia's experiences in the FSB, the

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<v Speaker 7>Russian intelligence agency formed as a successor to the KGB,

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<v Speaker 7>sharing her training. Aliyah was selected for a secret program

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<v Speaker 7>for seduction agents, taught by a female major there, who

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<v Speaker 7>Robin sees as a victim of the system, forced to

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<v Speaker 7>create new victims.

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<v Speaker 8>And the other thing that struck me too is how

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<v Speaker 8>can ruins that behavior has been through time Courkamicans Russians

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<v Speaker 8>In my entire time and the FBI, never once did

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<v Speaker 8>I ever see a Russian female intelligence officer.

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<v Speaker 9>They don't do it. Nope, it is not their culture.

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<v Speaker 8>And if someone rose into ranks, it was because they

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<v Speaker 8>were doing.

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<v Speaker 9>What her major was doing, training other females just.

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<v Speaker 8>To be tools, and you know, I call them screwdrivers

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<v Speaker 8>and wrenches, you know, to be thrown away.

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<v Speaker 9>It's totally objectified.

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<v Speaker 7>I want to ask you something that I've thought about,

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<v Speaker 7>and talking to you is bring that thought to the surface,

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<v Speaker 7>which is part of me thinks, assuming this all checks out,

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<v Speaker 7>was this a real institutional program to train sex buys

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<v Speaker 7>or was this a way for the higher ups at

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<v Speaker 7>the academy to create a ring of abuse with these

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<v Speaker 7>women by pretending it's that.

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<v Speaker 9>I'm going to say yes to both.

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<v Speaker 8>And here's why I frame it like that, because from

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<v Speaker 8>our context in the West, it looks like it's one

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<v Speaker 8>or the other, but from their context, from where they

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<v Speaker 8>come from, it's all the same.

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<v Speaker 7>We talk about the colonel who ran the academy that

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<v Speaker 7>Leah went to, how he abused her on the first day,

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<v Speaker 7>and she was put in a position where she had

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<v Speaker 7>to seduce him and make him think she was his

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<v Speaker 7>girlfriend in order to protect herself.

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<v Speaker 9>There's no checks and balances whatsoever.

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<v Speaker 8>Their checks and balances is I'm the colonel, I say,

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<v Speaker 8>what goes unless you were a colonel that's closed.

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<v Speaker 9>It a booton than me. And that's exactly what this

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<v Speaker 9>entire programs. I mean, it looks like because that they.

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<v Speaker 8>Got a colonel in there that was, you know, needed

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<v Speaker 8>his sexual needs so filled. So I'm going to create

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<v Speaker 8>a program that satisfies me. And I'm glad she's getting

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<v Speaker 8>good counseling and therapy for it too, because they destroyed her.

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<v Speaker 9>This is not about nation states.

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<v Speaker 8>This is about you know, nation state making excuses for

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<v Speaker 8>discussing human behavior and excusing it because it's serving the

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<v Speaker 8>greater need of our country.

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<v Speaker 7>With FBI agent Robin Dreeke's thoughts here in mind, we

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<v Speaker 7>return now to Leah's story. There have been some comments

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<v Speaker 7>questioning Leah, and as mentioned in episode two, we will

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<v Speaker 7>of course get to that, but for now, let's just

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<v Speaker 7>listen because this story takes some unpredictable turns.

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<v Speaker 6>Chapter twenty debate.

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<v Speaker 3>In two thousand and three, President Putin signed and founded

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<v Speaker 3>a special Department fs KYN and that department was established

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<v Speaker 3>only for one reason and one mission, to stop drug

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<v Speaker 3>trafficking from Afghanistan.

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<v Speaker 7>This was the new department that Aliyah would be working in.

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<v Speaker 7>Angry that Aliyah had rejected his marriage proposal, the colonel

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<v Speaker 7>had handed her off to his friend, a lieutenant general

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<v Speaker 7>in the FSKN, to start working under him and be

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<v Speaker 7>his next victim.

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<v Speaker 3>So next day I went to the new department. It

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<v Speaker 3>was two floors building, white walls inside, and it was

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<v Speaker 3>a really small department. So we had maybe around like

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<v Speaker 3>fifteen agents, no women, only male. So the new department

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<v Speaker 3>welcomed me and we had our morning report routine where

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<v Speaker 3>we had our tasks, our assignments, and.

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<v Speaker 7>It was Eliah's first task in the FSCN the Federal

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<v Speaker 7>Drug Control Service of the Russian Federation, was to shadow

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<v Speaker 7>the other agents as they staked out houses where drugs

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<v Speaker 7>were sold.

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<v Speaker 3>I would need to go with my team, who would

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<v Speaker 3>be like two or three other agents, and we would

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<v Speaker 3>walk on the streets and find out places where drugs

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<v Speaker 3>would be would be sold throughly tough to go their back.

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<v Speaker 7>Among Leah's many challenges there was her new commander, the

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<v Speaker 7>lieutenant general, who repeated a pattern Aliyah was now tragically

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<v Speaker 7>familiar with. The first time, he phrased it as a question.

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<v Speaker 3>Less than a week I served in that new department.

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<v Speaker 3>The lieutenant general called me and he said to me

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<v Speaker 3>that all right, so how do you like your new department?

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<v Speaker 3>And said, yeah, it's pretty nice, thank you. And he said, well,

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<v Speaker 3>let's go for a dinner. And I said, oh my god,

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<v Speaker 3>I can't do it today. I have some things to do.

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<v Speaker 3>He noticed that I was worshitting him, and he noticed

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<v Speaker 3>that I was lying, but I just didn't. I just

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<v Speaker 3>was scared. He gave me this weird feeling, the feeling

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<v Speaker 3>that I should run away. But then he said, okay,

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<v Speaker 3>if not today, when is the next time you tell me?

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<v Speaker 3>So we go out. And then I called to the cornell.

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<v Speaker 3>I said, you know, he wants to go out with me,

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<v Speaker 3>and Cornel said that you have to accept his offer.

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<v Speaker 3>And I understood that I don't really have anywhere to

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<v Speaker 3>go and anyone to ask anyway. The whole week I

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<v Speaker 3>was trying not to be seen by my commander, even

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<v Speaker 3>every morning at the reporting like I always looked like down.

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<v Speaker 7>At one of those morning meetings, Aliah received her first

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<v Speaker 7>actual assignment to stake out of the credit apartment building

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<v Speaker 7>where drugs were likely being sold and send in an

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<v Speaker 7>undercover informant to get evidence.

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<v Speaker 3>And I remember it was my first mission. I never

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<v Speaker 3>done anything like this. So we had like one man.

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<v Speaker 3>He was a addict. He used to help agents to

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<v Speaker 3>buy drugs and tell us what kind is it? Is

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<v Speaker 3>it good or bad? He was like a bait. He's

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<v Speaker 3>probably dead already. So we would organize this operation where

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<v Speaker 3>we would give him money which war marked previously by us.

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<v Speaker 6>Here's how this thing marked.

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<v Speaker 7>Once their informant bought the drugs, the team would then

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<v Speaker 7>raid the house, make arrests, and gather evidence, including the

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<v Speaker 7>marked money. However, when a Leah entered the house, she

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<v Speaker 7>saw more than drugs and weapons. She saw evidence of

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<v Speaker 7>the human trafficking operation that would haunt her for the

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<v Speaker 7>rest of her life. Listener discretion is highly advised.

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<v Speaker 3>That boy he bought heroin a doze. He paid and

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<v Speaker 3>then we were waiting and we saw that he was

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<v Speaker 3>giving this money. We came to the house myself, three

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<v Speaker 3>other agents and another agents. And when we entered the house,

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<v Speaker 3>and when we entered the houses so like killed overdoors,

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<v Speaker 3>like bodies of kids, like many.

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<v Speaker 4>And it was the whole floor was like full of.

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<v Speaker 3>Like this used heroin doses and kids who were like

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<v Speaker 3>five years old and another was just like a little baby.

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<v Speaker 3>And then we checked the rooms and there was like

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<v Speaker 3>other girls sitting in the rooms, like I guess like

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<v Speaker 3>they all were overdosed, and some of them they were

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<v Speaker 3>they were like metallic bats and they were they had

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<v Speaker 3>like bracelets on the on the wrist. They couldn't do anything,

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<v Speaker 3>but they couldn't even they couldn't even speak.

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<v Speaker 4>They were completely high and overdose.

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<v Speaker 3>And they just couldn't even talk to them. And I

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<v Speaker 3>saw their hands. They had huge bruises in their hands

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<v Speaker 3>and legs. I don't know how many men these poor

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<v Speaker 3>girls had to had to be with. And some of

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<v Speaker 3>them after like and the embassy took them. Some of

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<v Speaker 3>them they they just died before they started, like they

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<v Speaker 3>before they went to the hospital. They died in the car.

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<v Speaker 3>It was awful. I I was crying then the whole evening.

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<v Speaker 3>They also was one guy who was almost like my age.

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<v Speaker 3>He was actually from Kazakhstan. To when I was crying,

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<v Speaker 3>he supported me. He said, I know what you're going through.

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<v Speaker 3>It's never okay to see that bodies, especially children's bodies,

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<v Speaker 3>but he said, you know what, we can change it.

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<v Speaker 3>Let's make it happen, and every single day. When we

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<v Speaker 3>find these houses, when we arrest these motherfuckers, we change

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<v Speaker 3>the world. And when I heard this my father's words

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<v Speaker 3>that I have to protect people, especially children, especially women,

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<v Speaker 3>and all this learning in the academy, I felt like

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<v Speaker 3>I really can do I'm saying, and I just I

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<v Speaker 3>just wanted to.

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<v Speaker 4>Change that shit.

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<v Speaker 3>I was so angry, so that what made me strong.

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<v Speaker 3>I promised myself that I'll do everything to help wherever

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<v Speaker 3>it takes.

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<v Speaker 7>With this new sense of mission and purpose, Eli decided

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<v Speaker 7>that she would stop avoiding the Lieutenant general and tell

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<v Speaker 7>him directly that she would not be going out with him.

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<v Speaker 7>She was here to work and make a difference.

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<v Speaker 3>So I decided to speak with the general. I knocked

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<v Speaker 3>his door and came to his room in the office,

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<v Speaker 3>and I said, Sir, I cannot go with you for dinner.

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<v Speaker 3>I cannot even go out with you because I I'm

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<v Speaker 3>not available. I have commitments in front of a man.

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<v Speaker 3>And he said, no, I already spoke with him. It's

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<v Speaker 3>all fine. He passed you over to me, so it's okay.

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<v Speaker 3>So now it's my turn. And I was like, my god, what, like,

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<v Speaker 3>I just hated that situation. And he said you don't

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<v Speaker 3>understand how privileged you are, because I am feeling.

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<v Speaker 2>To have.

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<v Speaker 3>Sex with you, not relationship, not commitments, not love. And

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<v Speaker 3>I said, you know what, I'm not doing that, like

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<v Speaker 3>I'm not becoming against someone's you know, like a hole

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<v Speaker 3>for like wherever. If like Cornell doesn't want to protect

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<v Speaker 3>me anymore, I'll do it myself. So no, and he

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<v Speaker 3>said to me, I just want to warn you, young lady,

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<v Speaker 3>if you think that you can be cleverer than me,

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<v Speaker 3>this is not possible. And someone may tell you the

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<v Speaker 3>story what really happened with the female employee his former

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<v Speaker 3>employee when she rejected me. And he said, so, if

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<v Speaker 3>you will reject me, it'll be that. But I thought

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<v Speaker 3>that moment he's trying to make it more dramatic. I

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<v Speaker 3>would never imagine that he really meant it.

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<v Speaker 5>He did.

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<v Speaker 7>After Lee left the meeting, she asked the colleague she

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<v Speaker 7>trusted most, the one who is also from Kazakhstan, what

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<v Speaker 7>had happened to the last female agent who rejected the

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<v Speaker 7>lieutenant general's advances.

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<v Speaker 3>So he said, a few years ago, in that department,

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<v Speaker 3>there was a female agent and she was beautiful, and

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<v Speaker 3>he called her a black Swan because she had this

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<v Speaker 3>beautiful long black hair and beautiful eyes, and she studied

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<v Speaker 3>in the same department where I did. He said, this

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<v Speaker 3>maltenant general approached her to have with her some sexual relationship,

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<v Speaker 3>and she rejected him, so he sent her to one

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<v Speaker 3>mission where she was shot, so she was killed. And

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<v Speaker 3>he said, like, just be careful because this dude definitely

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<v Speaker 3>killed so many people. He's so cruel.

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<v Speaker 6>Chapter twenty one the Banya.

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<v Speaker 7>Shortly after her meeting with the lieutenant General, and likely

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<v Speaker 7>not by coincidence, Elia's missions became even more dangerous.

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<v Speaker 3>My colleagues arrested one criminal, quite young boy. He was

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<v Speaker 3>so violent. He would just kill people around him, just

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<v Speaker 3>without any reason. For example, if they would loan money

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<v Speaker 3>from criminal gang and they wouldn't pay on time, he

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<v Speaker 3>would kill them and their families. He could kill living kids.

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<v Speaker 3>My colleagues arrested him. Then they didn't have any evidences.

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<v Speaker 3>They couldn't get any confession or whatever from him, so

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<v Speaker 3>they had to let him leave. And I pray to

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<v Speaker 3>God they wouldn't send me to seduce him or whatever, because,

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<v Speaker 3>like I mean, I didn't want to deal with this guy.

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<v Speaker 3>He was completely out of his mind and he was

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<v Speaker 3>just scary, and they asked me to set him up.

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<v Speaker 7>For the first time, Aliyah was asked to use her

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<v Speaker 7>special training. They hoped that where their traditional police tactics,

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<v Speaker 7>including violence, had not worked, seduction would.

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<v Speaker 3>When I received that assignment, they said, you just need

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<v Speaker 3>to basically make him to come to the police. It

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<v Speaker 3>would be sauna. You won't be alone, We will be

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<v Speaker 3>with you, We will follow you, so it will be fine.

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<v Speaker 7>The sauna because of its all purpose use as a bathhouse,

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<v Speaker 7>social club and meeting place in Russia with the sight

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<v Speaker 7>of many intelligence operations, not all of which ended well

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<v Speaker 7>for the target.

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<v Speaker 3>If they would have a proof that you are the

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<v Speaker 3>enemy of the country, they would usually like take you

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<v Speaker 3>to like this sauna, which is Bania Russian Banya and

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<v Speaker 3>this it was like, give you some drinks with the poison.

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<v Speaker 3>That's it, it's easy.

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<v Speaker 7>With this particular mission, Aliyah would not be giving her

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<v Speaker 7>target poison.

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<v Speaker 6>She would be slipping something else into a drink.

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<v Speaker 3>We dropped to the nightclub very kind of like underground

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<v Speaker 3>where everybody can basically took drugs in front of everyone.

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<v Speaker 3>He had like a small little army with him, his

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<v Speaker 3>gang people, criminals, and we decided that next night, we'll

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<v Speaker 3>get prepared and I will come to that club and

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<v Speaker 3>I will try to make him to go with me

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<v Speaker 3>to sauna, where I would need to give him a drink.

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<v Speaker 3>It wasn't a poison, but first of all, it has

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<v Speaker 3>but the indigrant, which makes you talk a lot. You

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<v Speaker 3>can give answers to any questions. So I was supposed

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<v Speaker 3>to give it to him in the drink. Then I

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<v Speaker 3>had to open the door to my team to come in,

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<v Speaker 3>and then they would continue with him to do whatever

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<v Speaker 3>they needed.

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<v Speaker 7>Sergei, her team leader, gave her an unnamed drug and

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<v Speaker 7>a small bottle with an eye dropper, and then dropped

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<v Speaker 7>her off at the club.

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<v Speaker 3>I took that bottle of which my college gave me

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<v Speaker 3>in the bag. I took some condoms as well with me,

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<v Speaker 3>and I was ready. So I arrived there by taxing,

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<v Speaker 3>and then I knew that my team was waiting in

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<v Speaker 3>the car. I came in and I saw him sitting

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<v Speaker 3>at the table with the two other guys, and they

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<v Speaker 3>were like two girls. They looked just perfect, you know,

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<v Speaker 3>just like clothes, makeup everything. So I had to attract

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<v Speaker 3>his attention and I started to dance.

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<v Speaker 7>One of the most important techniques of sex bonage is

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<v Speaker 7>to never approach your target directly, because if he suspects

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<v Speaker 7>you're an undercover agent, it could be a fatal mistake.

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<v Speaker 7>So instead, once the lea caught her target's eye, she

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<v Speaker 7>started a conversation with his two female friends about their clothing.

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<v Speaker 3>I started to speak with the girl first, and I

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<v Speaker 3>said like, oh my god, like, where did you buy yours?

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<v Speaker 3>And she said, oh, I bought it, like in this shop.

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<v Speaker 3>So we started to talk really enthusiastically. So he looked

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<v Speaker 3>at me. I noticed, and I remember I did like

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<v Speaker 3>this long look into his eyes, really long, soill he

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<v Speaker 3>could feel it. This girl who was next to me,

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<v Speaker 3>she's like, oh, sit down with us.

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<v Speaker 7>Eliah sat there and spoke with the women, ignoring her

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<v Speaker 7>target except for the occasional seductive glance.

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<v Speaker 3>And then they were continuing partying and everything. And I

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<v Speaker 3>was thinking, like, how can I approach him where? I mean,

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<v Speaker 3>it would be just simple to say, hey, would you

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<v Speaker 3>like to fuck? I had to intrigue him, just like

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<v Speaker 3>a couple of days ago. He was in an interrogation room,

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<v Speaker 3>so you definitely understand that potentially he'd been watched.

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<v Speaker 7>Eventually, an opportunity to learn her target to the sauna

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<v Speaker 7>came and one of the women she was talking to

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<v Speaker 7>started mentioning after parties and asking if anyone had cocaine.

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<v Speaker 3>So I said, oh, by the way, I have have

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<v Speaker 3>some good drugs and she said really like yeah, and

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<v Speaker 3>she told all your guys like, oh, she has like

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<v Speaker 3>good drugs. She's like, okay, where is it? This is

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<v Speaker 3>like video. I said, oh no, I can call my guy,

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<v Speaker 3>like he will come and bring it. He usually brings

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<v Speaker 3>it to like the sauna so and so, and like

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<v Speaker 3>do you know this sauna? She's like, oh, yeah, I know,

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<v Speaker 3>I know the sauna, like I've been there. I said like, yeah,

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<v Speaker 3>why don't you have a party there. So I wanted

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<v Speaker 3>this proposal would come from her mouth rather than mine,

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<v Speaker 3>because I was the new girl who like nobody knew.

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<v Speaker 3>So she passed this information to him and he seemed

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<v Speaker 3>like agreed to that, and so I went to the toilet.

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<v Speaker 3>I texted to my Sergi, to my guy and I said, listen,

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<v Speaker 3>so we are going to that sauna, but he wants drugs.

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<v Speaker 3>What about drugs which we have in the department.

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<v Speaker 7>SERGEI agreed to go to the evidence locker get some

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<v Speaker 7>cocaine and bring it to a leah before she left

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<v Speaker 7>the club.

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<v Speaker 3>My other colleagues stay were following us. They came to

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<v Speaker 3>the sauna, everybody got undressed. I took the bag of

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<v Speaker 3>cocaine to the table. I put it on the table.

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<v Speaker 3>They started to sniff it. So there were like two

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<v Speaker 3>girls they started to swim in the swimming pool and

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<v Speaker 3>two guys hanging out with them. So my target for

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<v Speaker 3>a while, he was like by himself. What I had

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<v Speaker 3>to do. I had to take him separately to another

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<v Speaker 3>room so it would be just me and him in

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<v Speaker 3>the room.

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<v Speaker 7>Elijah wasn't sure how to get her target, this gang

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<v Speaker 7>enforcer and murderer, into the other room, until she remembered

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<v Speaker 7>something else she'd been taught in her training, something that

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<v Speaker 7>was very unusual to learn at a military academy.

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<v Speaker 3>I said like, would you like some massage? And he's

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<v Speaker 3>like yeah, and I started to massage his shoulders. He

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<v Speaker 3>drank that cocktail with vodka, but he didn't drink that

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<v Speaker 3>much because he was more like using drugs. I didn't

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<v Speaker 3>really not when and how to pour these drops into

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<v Speaker 3>hit glass. And I was telling him, oh my god,

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<v Speaker 3>like you're so strong, you're so like masculine and you

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<v Speaker 3>have so much tensions, and if you would lay down,

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<v Speaker 3>I can do good massage for you for the whole bag.

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<v Speaker 7>Leah suggested to her target that they move into a

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<v Speaker 7>more comfortable room, hoping that his friends would just assume

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<v Speaker 7>they were hooking up and not worry about him.

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<v Speaker 3>He said, yeah, let's do it. So when we were

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<v Speaker 3>walking into the room, I pick up his glass and

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<v Speaker 3>I'd pick up also like my glass, but it was

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<v Speaker 3>same looking cocktail with cola, and coke has a quite

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<v Speaker 3>strong taste rate, so if you use any poison or

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<v Speaker 3>you use any type of drug, coke tastes so strong

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<v Speaker 3>that it's just cover it all, so you wouldn't feel

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<v Speaker 3>the taste of poison. So he laid down and I said, like,

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<v Speaker 3>let me give you the drink. And when he was

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<v Speaker 3>laying I just like took out the drop and put

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<v Speaker 3>like three drops into his drink. And I put my

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<v Speaker 3>glass like nearby, but I didn't touch it, and then

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<v Speaker 3>I just gave it to him. I said, like, just

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<v Speaker 3>drink it and I will do like message straight away.

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<v Speaker 3>So he drank it. He put it like on the side,

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<v Speaker 3>and he laid down, and then I went on top

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<v Speaker 3>of him, and I started to massage his shoulders. While

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<v Speaker 3>I was massaging, I felt like that his muscle was

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<v Speaker 3>like relaxing, relaxing, relaxing, and then he basically stopped reacting

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<v Speaker 3>and he was completely out. So I took his hand

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<v Speaker 3>and it was completely limp. So I was like, okay,

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<v Speaker 3>so he's ready. And when I stood up, I took

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<v Speaker 3>my glass and when I went to the main lobby,

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<v Speaker 3>just wash it. Basically. I didn't tell anything to his

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<v Speaker 3>friends and they were like still in the swimming pool.

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<v Speaker 3>I just left and when I was leaving, I texted

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<v Speaker 3>to Sergate, the commander of the group of this team, Okay,

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<v Speaker 3>it's done. He's like he passed over. That's it. And

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<v Speaker 3>I took a taxi and I went home.

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<v Speaker 7>Eliah assumed that her first seduction mission had been a success.

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<v Speaker 7>That is until a few days later when the criminals

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<v Speaker 7>family said that he'd gone missing that night and began

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<v Speaker 7>accusing the police of having done something to him.

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<v Speaker 6>So Aliah asked the colleague about it.

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<v Speaker 3>He's like, I don't know, but I know that Sergi

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<v Speaker 3>was working this case and it's not good for him.

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<v Speaker 3>And I thought, okay, so if this criminal is missing.

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<v Speaker 3>I am involved in this case, perhaps in this murder,

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<v Speaker 3>and I thought, you know, it could be really bad

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<v Speaker 3>to me too, because I was the one who gave

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<v Speaker 3>him this this string who knows what liquid.

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<v Speaker 7>As Leah reckoned with the possibility that she might have

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<v Speaker 7>killed him, she thought about how many innocent people this

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<v Speaker 7>criminal had killed himself, just literally because he enjoyed it.

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<v Speaker 3>And by that time I didn't feel bad about him.

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<v Speaker 3>He was just like a zombie who brings only a

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<v Speaker 3>nightmare to everyone.

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<v Speaker 7>As for whether she accidentally overdosed him or something else

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<v Speaker 7>happened afterward, Leah would never know.

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<v Speaker 3>I mean, in the end of the day, I never

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<v Speaker 3>know if they were still straight like that or not,

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<v Speaker 3>because it was the job of the cleaners. We used

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<v Speaker 3>to have cleaners, people who like government, people who would

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<v Speaker 3>come and clean.

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<v Speaker 7>Even her colleagues from the mission that night refused to

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<v Speaker 7>talk about it.

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<v Speaker 3>The only one thing what he said to me, never

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<v Speaker 3>tell anyone about what happened. So I never said anything.

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<v Speaker 3>And day by day I would come to my office,

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<v Speaker 3>to my department and work and go to all these

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<v Speaker 3>operations and just do my job. And I've seen more

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<v Speaker 3>and more crimes on the street I would see more

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<v Speaker 3>and more dead bodies, and it was really dangerous and

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<v Speaker 3>it was risky.

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<v Speaker 7>As Leah continued receiving new missions, she noticed that the

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<v Speaker 7>lieutenant General hadn't propositioned her again. So she thought, she

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<v Speaker 7>say from him.

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<v Speaker 3>I thought he would just leave me, you know, just okay,

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<v Speaker 3>it is what it is.

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<v Speaker 7>But like the predator, he was lieutenant general was just

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<v Speaker 7>waiting for the right time to strike, and a few

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<v Speaker 7>weeks later he's struck it away. Elien never saw coming.

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<v Speaker 3>Everybody were leaving his office after the reporting, and then

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<v Speaker 3>he said, oh, yeah, you were staying. I have a

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<v Speaker 3>special assignment for you. And I was like shit, So

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<v Speaker 3>I stayed in his room. He closed the door and

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<v Speaker 3>he said, so what did you decide? And I played stupid.

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<v Speaker 3>I said, like about what, sorry, like I don't understand,

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<v Speaker 3>and he's like, okay, so I see, like you don't

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<v Speaker 3>get it right, all right, you can leave now. I

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<v Speaker 3>pretended that nothing happened really, that he's not peaced, like

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<v Speaker 3>he's okay, but in fact he was really pissed. So

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<v Speaker 3>the next morning and he had our reporting as always,

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<v Speaker 3>and he said, by the way, agent, you have a

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<v Speaker 3>chance to pay back to your country by going to

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<v Speaker 3>do war, make us to be proud of you. And

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<v Speaker 3>when he said it, I heard all my colleagues were like,

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<v Speaker 3>oh my god, she is fucked. Good luck to her,

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<v Speaker 3>like when you'll go to the funeral. Inside of me,

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<v Speaker 3>I started to shake of anger and hate. He's sending

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<v Speaker 3>me to the Chechen war for me to be killed

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<v Speaker 3>over there and never come back.

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<v Speaker 7>Eliah's story continues in episode ten, which is available now.

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<v Speaker 7>Continue listening for free on Apple Podcasts. For full credits,

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<v Speaker 7>check out our show notes. If you or someone you

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<v Speaker 7>know is a victim of human trafficking, please contact the

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<v Speaker 7>Human Trafficking Hotline at one eight eight eight three seven

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<v Speaker 7>three seven eight eight eight to get help and support.