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Russian Dolls: Sex Trade(TV show/series, 2005-2008)

Original title: "Matroesjka's" (Dutch/NL)
FSK: 18+ years
| 50min per episode | Genres: Crime, Drama

Scripted Reality in 2 seasons with 20 episodes

Russian Dolls: Sex TradeRating: 3.9/5 (with 13 votes)
Russian Dolls: Sex Trade (Dutch: Matroesjka's, meaning Matryoshka doll, also known as Matrioshki or Matrёshki) is a Flemish drama series about a group of women from Lithuania and Russia who are taken to Belgium by a gang involved in the sex trade to work as sex slaves. The series starts in Lithuania, where the girls are chosen and where they have to sign a contract in Greek, which they cannot understand. The gang, under the lead of Ray Van Mechelen, takes the girls to Cyprus and from there they are taken to Club 69 in Belgium to work. Russian Dolls is sponsored by the Flemish Audiovisual Fund (Vlaams Audiovisueel Fonds). Russian Dolls is produced and directed by Guy Goossens and Marc Punt. Because of explicit scenes of sex and violence, the program is not appropriate for people under 16 years of age (according to Dutch and Belgian ratings). ()
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About Russian Dolls: Sex Trade

Young women from Lithuania and Russia are taken to Belgium by a gang involved in the sex trade to work as sex slaves.

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Matroesjka's • Trailer (by eic)(Trailer, 3:31)

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Russian Dolls: Sex Trade Seasons and Episodes

04/11/2008Season 2 - 10 episodes
Smugglers Ray Van Mechelen and Eddy Stoefs were released from jail where they were since the end of Matroesjka's, three years before. They discovered then that their partner, Jan Verplancke, disappeared with the money they made to Thailand. They go then to Thailand, but there Verplanke does not give them the money back : instead, he offers them young Thai girls. But things have changed in three years : the market has grown, and new trafficking groups want to have a place in the market. The only things the girls have in common is that "they do that for their families
#1 | 04/11/2008Episode 1
After 3 years in jail Ray Van Mechelen and Eddy Schoefs are released and discover that their previous business partner Jan Verplancke invested all their savings in a business in Thailand. When they go out to visit him, Jan makes them an offer. Meanwhile Bob Sels travels to Moldova wit Inesa to recrute new girls.
#2 | 04/18/2008Episode 2
Bob Sels gets a visit from Ukranian women traffickers. He turns their offer for cooperation down. The following night the Pussycat gets smashed up and 2 new girls, Nastya and Sveta, get kidnapped. Sels seeks the help of Ray Van Mechelen but he is not enthousiastic about the idea. Eddy does not want to leave Pattaya untill Jan has paid him back the full debt. To keep himself occupied he rins the T&A-hotel, where the girls entertain their guests.
#3 | 04/25/2008Episode 3
In Pattaya the T&A-stripclub gets closed by the police after a fire in the attached hotel. The Gallaghers suspect Jan of exporting girls to Belgium for his own profit. Ray travels to Kiev to recruit girls for Bob Sels together with Ukranian trafficker Maksim Morozov. Morozov makes Ray the offer of working together and placing Sels out of the game. The girls of the Pussycat still have not been paid. Sveta loses her patience, escapes and goes to the police.
#4 | 05/02/2008Episode 4
Sveta returns to Tansdniestr after a 3 day journey. She has made no money at all in Belgium but on top of that she is very unhappy. Thip en Pat are not happy either, they get abused daily by the Belis borthers and can't wait to leave the farm, away from the dirty old men. Jan travels to Bulgaria to buy cheap girls for Bob Sels. Accountant Tony accompanies him to keep an eye on Jan.
#5 | 05/09/2008Episode 5
#6 | 05/16/2008Episode 6
Danny recovers in hospital after being visited by the gang of Morozov. Bob Sels realises that Morozov is serious about taking over the Antwerp prostitution network and he decides to take drastic measures. He sends Jan and accountant Tony back to Bulgaria to find new girls. Carlo Dubois has taken Pat and Thip away from the Belis brothers and put them to work in the Kama Sutra stripclub.
#7 | 05/23/2008Episode 7
Jan and Tony return from Bulgaria without money or girls. The patience of Bob has run out. He gives Jan one week to either find him 10 new girls or pay him back the €15.000 in expenses. Returning to Bulgaria is not an option for Jan, but he heard that there is business to be done in Romania. Bob has set his sights on the Kama Sutra.
#8 | 05/30/2008Episode 8
Jan has returned from Romania with a group of young rebellious gipsy girls for Bob. Esther gets arrested by vice and discovers that Inesa is working as an informer for the police. She tries to blackmail Inesa with tis information. Nastya gets punished by Eddy for refusing a customer in the Pussycat. She wants to return home and asks Tony to help her. Thip wants to return to Thailand as well, even if it means being treated like a cashmachine by her family. This would be great for Eddy, as he is terrified Phit and Pat will tell people about the murder of Ray.
#9 | 06/06/2008Episode 9
#10 | 06/13/2008Episode 10
01/05/2005Season 1 - 10 episodes

Additional Information

Production country: Belgium
Original language: Dutch (NL)
Spoken languages: English (EN), Lithuanian (LT), Dutch (NL), Russian (RU)
Translated into 9 languages: Bulgarian (BG), Czech (CS), English (EN), Spanish (ES), French (FR), Italian (IT), Dutch (NL), Russian (RU), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)
Status: Ended
First episode released on: 01/05/2005
Last episode released on: 06/13/2008
Director: Marc Punt
Composer: David Julyan
Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):
"Matrioshki - Mädchenhändler"
"Matrioshki"
"Tyttökauppiaat"
"Matrioszki"

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