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🗓️ 9 January 2024
⏱️ 67 minutes
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This episode is suitable for over 18s only and contains details some people may find distressing. The episode includes a personal account of being trafficked, held captive, raped and abused.
Lurata Lyon is a survivor of human trafficking. She grew up in former Yugoslavia and as the brutal war in Kosovo broke out, she was kidnapped by a human trafficking gang where she suffered horrific abuse. Against all odds, she managed to escape. However, in an extraordinary turn of events, after returning home, Lurata was kidnapped by Serbia's illegitimate army. She was tortured, abused and held in captivity for 6 months. This is an astonishing story of how someone can survive absolute horror, her journey of recovery and healing will absolutely inspire you.
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0:00.0 | M&S reckon brains are quite important, so they took some advice from the British Nutrition Foundation and made their new brain food range, which makes it easier to get vitamins and minerals our noggins need. |
0:12.0 | So if you're a person with a brain, you might want to give their new brain ball a try. |
0:17.0 | It's made of delicious dates and berries, filled with almond butter and packed with nutrients like iron and zinc, which help to keep your brain running smoothly. |
0:26.8 | This is not just food. This is M&S brain food. |
0:30.0 | This episode is suitable for over 18s only and contains details some people might find distressing. |
0:36.3 | The episode includes a personal account of being trafficked, |
0:39.1 | held captive, raped and abused. This is a global player original podcast. They said Loretta, |
0:49.0 | don't even try to escape us because we have sold you to the highest bidder. You're going to serve them. Then they'll |
0:55.9 | send you back to us. And then once the general public is done with you, meaning that you get used |
1:00.8 | to the point where there is no value in you anymore, nobody wants to buy you. We take their organs. |
1:14.2 | Welcome to Big Fish with me, Spencer Matthews. |
1:19.6 | Each week I speak to inspirational people about how they reach the top of their game and their mindset for success. |
1:24.7 | Virata Lion is a survivor of human trafficking. |
1:28.4 | She grew up in former Yugoslavia and as the brutal war in Kosovo broke out, she escaped Serbia in order to find safety with the Red Cross. But after reaching |
1:33.7 | Kosovo's capital, she was kidnapped by a human trafficking gang where she suffered horrific abuse. |
1:39.4 | Against all odds, she managed to escape and was eventually reunited with her parents. However, in an extraordinary turn |
1:45.9 | of events, Lurata was kidnapped again by Serbia's illegitimate army this time. She was tortured, |
1:51.6 | abused and held in captivity for six months. Her father managed to eventually rescue her and sent her to |
1:57.6 | the UK to find safety and claim asylum. This is a shocking story of how someone can survive absolute horror, |
2:04.2 | and her journey of recovery and healing will absolutely inspire you. |
2:10.3 | Lurata, thank you so much for joining me. |
2:13.5 | Thank you for having me here, Spencer. |
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