Nikolai
NikolaiThe next day, we meet up in Ravil’s office. Ravil provided a couple apartments in the building to the former slaves and Svetlana, Natasha’s mom, who is a nurse midwife, has offered them medical care. Nadia and Adrian interviewed them to see what could be gleaned about how they ended up in the U.S.
“It was Poval,” Adrian spits, pacing around the office like a caged animal. “Same operation that took Nadia. They came on shipping containers across the ocean then were trucked to Chicago.”
“Anything you can find about the actual shipping containers could help me trace the money,” Dima says from the laptop screen. “But I also may have a lead on finding Poval.”
Adrian stops and swings his head in the direction of the screen. “What lead?”
“He has a daughter. She’s in college in
