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Natasha

My name is Natasha and I am a slave in Austin. I left my home in Eastern Europe to work here as a nanny. I live locked inside a house, raped repeatedly, and forced to do all the household work for no pay. I am a slave.

(Moldova) In my small town there were no jobs. A Moldovan family I used to work for came to the US and offered me a job there in Austin, TX as a nanny. I left my four children to earn money to send home to them. For six years the family kept me locked inside, sexually abused me, and made me sleep on the floor. I worked 20 hours a day. I never received money and found out that my children were never sent the money they promised. I escaped last May and still have nightmares.

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