Trafficked: Marta - part four

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🗓️ 26 March 2023

⏱️ 35 minutes

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The story of a Ukrainian woman who escaped modern slavery in the UK. Annie Kelly reports. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus

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0:00.0	This is The Guardian.
0:09.2	Hey, it's Mike.
0:10.0	Today we bring you the fourth episode of the extraordinary story of Julia,
0:13.9	a woman who escaped modern slavery right here in the UK.
0:17.5	If you haven't listened to the first three episodes, then I suggest you go back,
0:21.2	listen to those in order and then click this one.
0:24.3	A warning before we start, this series includes references to suicidal thoughts and
0:28.4	descriptions of sexual exploitation and violence, so take care and listen.
0:43.9	It's the morning of the 24th of February, 2022.
0:48.1	About a month after Julia's exploiters began their prison sentences.
0:52.7	She's on the bus home after a long night shift, absolutely shattered.
0:57.2	When her phone vibrates in her pocket, it's a text from one of her friends.
1:02.9	She opens the message and her world falls apart.
1:11.9	She was like scared.
1:15.5	She said, look what happened.
1:17.1	They bombed me in Iowa.
1:27.5	30 miles were my daughter in the village.
1:31.8	This is BBC News, I'm Lucy Hawkins, out of top stories.
1:35.2	Russia launches a full-scale attack on Ukraine from multiple directions.
1:42.2	And I start looking the news in I see how this bombing and comments from the people in medicine.
1:48.3	I'm not even in the mood to say anything.
1:54.3	And this day I can't stop crying.
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