Her mother had renounced all contact and responsibility in the care for her, in a letter to the municipality. Later she told her grandmother she had been contacted by a man who said he could arrange work for her. The man gave her a false passport and put her on a flight from Lithuania. She came to Sweden with a man who pretended to be her boyfriend. He told her she owed him 20, Swedish kronor for her passport and the transportation from Lithuania to Sweden.
She soon understood she would be working as a prostitute. It has later emerged that during the evening of January 6, , she was gang- raped by both the Skopje man and his friends. She was taken to hospital but died on January 10, as a result of her injuries. She stated she had been betrayed by a man referred to as "the Russian.
No arrests were made in this case. Her case has since stirred much debate on human trafficking. Giedrius, the so-called "Russian", was described in a radio documentary as being around 30 years old, around 6'5" cm , muscular, and from Lithuania. When the police arrived at the scene, Giedrius had already left the country.
He left Sweden for Lithuania on April 13, On May 4, , Giedrius was positively identified. On May 31, , Giedrius was suspected of pimping. Contents move to sidebar hide. Article Talk. Read Edit View history. Tools Tools. Download as PDF Printable version. Lithuanian victim of human trafficking — Sveriges Television. Archived from the original on September 20, Retrieved Retrieved 10 July Prostitution in Sweden.
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