Dubai’s ELITES ORGANIZED SURVIVAL GAMES! Hundreds of INNOCENT VICTIMS FIGHTED FOR LIFE.

Dubai’s ELITES ORGANIZED SURVIVAL GAMES! Hundreds of INNOCENT VICTIMS FIGHTED FOR LIFE.

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Villa on the artificial island of Palm Jumeirah in Dubai has become a place where 12 women from different countries gathered at dinner, after which five of them were dead, and the other three became wives the person who forced them to play the game for survival. This is not fiction and it is not movie script.

 It happened in the summer 2018, and the world only found out about it a year later, when one of the survivors decided break the silence. Rashid Al Maktoum was 51 years old, the owner luxury hotel chains in the United States United Arab Emirates, a man with a fortune about 2 billion dollars earned on real estate and hotel business. His family came from an influential clan associated with the ruling dynasty Dubai, but Rashid himself did not occupy official government posts, preferring to remain in the shadows, managing his business through a network of front companies

companies and trusted persons. He was officially married four times, which complied with Islamic laws, allowing a man to have up to four wives, at the same time, provided they are equal handling each one. But Rashid didn’t was limited to official wives. IN for the last 8 years he has been a detached villa on Palm Island Jumeirah, where 12 young women from different countries. It wasn’t a public grief.

in the historical sense of the word. It was a carefully hidden system where every woman had her own bedroom, personal car, credit card with a monthly limit of 10,000 dollars and a contract that prohibited her work, date men or leave the country without permission. The women were of different nationalities. Oksana Kovalenko, 23 years old, from Ukraine, a former model who came to Dubai 3 years ago back to the casting for the advertising campaign and remained after the meeting with Rashid.

Anastasia Petrova, 26 years old, from Russia, a dancer who worked in one of the clubs Dubai, [music] when Rashid’s men noticed her. Isabel Silva, 28, from Brazil, instructor fitness, who came to work in one from Rashid’s hotels and became his mistress after 2 months. Rosa Reyes, 24, from the Philippines, worked a nanny for a wealthy family in Dubai until her they didn’t lure Rashid into the house with a promise a better life.

 There were also Amina from Morocco, Elena from Romania, Valeria from Colombia, Nina from Thailand, Natalia from Russia, Karina from Ukraine, Leila from Livana and Sophie from France. They all had from 21 to 32 years old. Everyone signed contracts in English and Arabic, [music] which obliged them to complete secrecy, prohibited contacts with by the press, family without permission, any romantic relationship on the side.

Breach of contract meant immediate deportation without compensation and possible prosecution for slander if they try to tell about his life with Rashid. For most of them it was an opportunity to break out poverty or just living in luxury, [music] unavailable in their native countries.

 10,000 dollars a month, free accommodation in a villa with a swimming pool and personal staff, cars, clothes from famous brands, [music] travel, when Rashid allowed it. In return they were available to him in any time he wants. Rashid visited the villa several times a week. Usually late in the evening, stayed on several hours, sometimes overnight.

 I chose one or two women, the rest remained in their rooms. Among ourselves The women communicated cautiously. Some became friends, others treated each other to each other as competitors. Rashid encouraged this competition, sometimes openly comparing them, making compliments one in the presence of others, gave gifts selectively.

He enjoyed the power over them, the fact that they depended on him financially and legally, that their status in the country was tied to his desire. In the spring of 2018, Rashid made a decision, which changed the lives of all twelve women. He decided to take a fifth wife. This was a problem from a Sharia point of view, which only allows four wives simultaneously.

 But Rashid had planned divorce one of your existing ones wives the eldest, who was 58 years old and which no longer interested him physically. The divorce was arranged quietly. Through a religious judge who was I owe it to Rashid’s family, the procedure took less than a month. Now Rashid had there was a vacancy for a fifth wife, and he decided choose her from twelve mistresses, living in the Villa.

 The problem was, that he couldn’t decide who to choose. All They were young, beautiful, obedient. Each had its own merits. Oksana was the youngest and most naive, easy to manage. Isabella is experienced and knew how to please a man. There was a rose quiet and submissive. Ideal image traditional wife. Anastasia was passionate and temperamental, that attracted Rashid.

 Rashid spent several weeks trying to choose. I met with each of them separately and conducted time, I appreciated it, but I couldn’t accept it solutions. His character was such that he I couldn’t stand uncertainty, but at the same time time did not want to make a choice that could would turn out to be wrong. He was a gambling man, he loved to take risks business, investments, played poker with friends for large sums.

 And it is this one character trait led to the fact that what happened next. At the beginning of June, Rashid gathered his closest friends for a private dinner in one from their hotels. Eight men, all from wealthy families of Dubai and other Emirates, businessmen, investors, one member ruling family, cousin of the world.

 They drank expensive cognac, smoked cigars, discussed affairs. At some point the conversation turned to women, and Rashid mentioned his problem with the choice of the fifth wife. One of the friends, Khalid, 46, owner of a construction company company, joked that Rashid should to organize a competition, like in ancient times, when women competed for the right become the Sultan’s wife.

 Another Said, 39 years, the investor suggested doing it as a game where the winner takes all. Rashid listened, smiled, drank cognac and suddenly said it was a good idea, that he will do exactly that. Friends thought he was joking at first, but Rashid was serious. He said that will arrange a special evening, invite all 12 mistresses and will conduct a game where The winner will become his wife.

 When he was asked what game, Rashid I thought about it and then suggested Russian roulette. He saw it in the American movies, I read about similar cases where people risked their lives for money or thrills. He liked the idea. A pure game of fate where no one can to cheat, where only luck decides who will survive.

 Friends were silent at first, then started laughing, thinking that it was another drunken fantasy. But Rashid continued to develop the idea, said that This will be the perfect solution. Women will know that the stakes are high, that victory means wealth and status, that the risk is justified. He suggested that each to the participant who agrees to play, a contract for 50 million will be guaranteed dollars in case of divorce, if she will become a wife.

 It was a huge amount, which could provide life for three generations forward. Khalid asked, “What if someone will die?” Rashid shrugged and said that it was part of the game that women signed contracts, knowing that they live on it conditions that if they refuse to play, he just deports them without compensation, that the choice will be theirs.

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 Said said, that this is madness, that there could be problems with the police. Rashid laughed and replied, that the police won’t know that everything will take place in a private villa, which There will be no witnesses except themselves. that the bodies, if there are any, will disappear in desert. The conversation lasted until 3 o’clock.

nights. By the end of the evening, Rashid’s friends agreed to attend this event. Not everyone was thrilled with the idea, but no one dared to refuse. Rashid was an influential man, on which their businesses and connections depended. To refuse would be to insult him, and that could have had consequences.

 Besides, Some of them were intrigued. The idea of ​​seeing something so extreme, so far beyond the framework of the ordinary life of rich people, attracted them. Rashid began to prepare. He bought the revolver through his a security guard who had connections with arms dealers. It was Smith and Won Model 629.

 Classic revolver with six-round drum, heavy, reliable. Rashid several times trained with him at a private shooting range, I learned to load and spin the drum. check security. He also hired a doctor who agreed attend a party for 200,000 dollars, and complete silence. The doctor must was to provide assistance if anyone survived after being wounded, although Rashid understood that headshot from such close range distance is almost always fatal.

The evening was scheduled for June 23, 2018, Saturday. Rashid invited all 12 women for dinner at the villa. said it was special evening, there will be an important announcement. Women took it as normal event. We thought that maybe Rashid will announce new gifts or trip. They dressed in evening dresses, did makeup and hair.

 The atmosphere was almost festive. Dinner started at 8:00 evenings. A long table in the main hall villas decorated with flowers and candles, the waiters brought the dish, wine, champagne. Rashid sat at the head of the table, He smiled, joked, and was charming. The women relaxed and talked. among themselves, they laughed. Some people thought that tonight Rashid will announce which of them will be his next wife.

 And each one hoped that it will be her. After dessert, about 10 In the evening Rashid stood up, raised his glass, asked for attention. The women fell silent, looked at him. He started talking about how he values ​​each of them, how It was hard to choose just one for the role wives. He said they all deserve it. this status that everyone is beautiful and worthy.

 The women listened, some smiled, waiting for the announcement. And then Rashid gave a sign to his guards. Two men in black suits entered hall, blocked the doors. Women looked at each other. The atmosphere has changed. Someone asked what was going on. Rashid smiled and took it out of his jacket pocket revolver, put it on the table.

 Silence became absolute. Rashid explained. He said he couldn’t choose between them. in the usual way, that I decided to rely on it’s fate that they will play today game, and the winner will become his fifth wife. Will receive a contract for 50 million dollars in divorce, status, wealth, everything they dreamed of.

 The women listened, without understanding. One of them, Elena Rumynka, asked: “What game?” Rashid raised revolver, showed it, said: “Russian “Roulette”. The reaction was immediate. Several women screamed, one started cry, others sat there unable to move, in shock. Oksana is the best The young woman asked, “This is a joke, right?” Rashid shook his head and said that it was Seriously, the rules are simple.

 Each one spins the drum, puts the revolver to temple, shoots. If it survives, moves on to the next round. Game continues until there is only one or several winners. Anastasia the Russian stood up and said that refuses that it’s madness that she leaves. Rashid stopped with a gesture guards who moved towards her. He said calmly, you can refuse.

But then you’ll be deported tonight. no money, no compensation, no recommendations. Your contract will be cancelled and you will return home with with what I arrived with. Nothing. Anastasia stood trembling, tears streaming down her face. She looked at the other women, at Rashid, at the guards at the door, sat back down.

Rashid asked who else wanted to refuse. Two women raised their hands. Sophie, Frenchwoman and Leila Lebanese. Both were older than the rest, under 30, more experienced, understood what was happening. Rashid nodded, told the guards to take them to a separate room where they will wait until the morning, and then they will be taken to the airport.

Both women walked out without looking back. There are 10 left. Rashid looked at the remaining women, he said he respected their decision that they showed courage, that the winner will receive not only money and status, but also his respect. What This test will show who is really worthy to be next to him? He opened The revolver showed that the cylinder was empty.

Then he took out one cartridge and inserted it into one of the six cells, closed the drum, scrolled it. Metallic sound the sound of the rotating drum echoed in the silence of the hall. At that moment, someone entered the hall. Rashid’s eight friends. They sat down in chairs along the walls, like spectators in theater.

 Everyone had a glass of alcohol, cigar. They looked at the women at the table. with expressions that ranged from curiosity to obvious excitement from the upcoming spectacle. Oksana later I recalled that at that moment I realized that they won’t stop this. Nobody will come to help. This is really happening. Rashid put the revolver on the table in front of Oksana said: “You’re first.

” Oksana looked at the weapon, not [music] moving. Her hands were shaking so badly, that she couldn’t lift a glass of water. Rashid repeated: “Take it, it’s yours chance.” Oksana slowly extended her hand, took the revolver. He was heavy, cold. She never held a gun. earlier. Rashid explained what to do. Spin the drum to mix cartridge position.

 Put the muzzle to temple, pull the trigger. Oksana She spun the drum with trembling hands. The metal clicked as it spun, lifting revolver to the head. The metal was cold on the skin. She closed her eyes and pressed trigger. Click. Empty. Drum turned, but there was no shot. Oksana opened her eyes, lowered her hand, and began cry with relief.

Rashid took the revolver and passed it to the next one woman, Isabela, Brazilian. Isabella is calmer. She worked in fitness industry, accustomed to pressure, to competitions. She took the revolver confidently, she spun the drum and put it to the test to the temple, looked straight at Rashid, pressed the click. Empty.

 Isabella put it down revolver on the table, leaned back chair, exhaled. Next was the rose. Filipina, small, fragile, with long black hair. She prayed quietly before taking up arms. Catholic she crossed herself and whispered a prayer, I spun the drum and put it to my temple, I pressed the click, empty. Rose burst into tears, She put down the revolver and covered her face with her hands.

The fourth was Karina, the second Ukrainian, 25 years old. Blonde with blue eyes, former medical student, who dropped out of school to live in Dubai. She took the revolver, looked at it, studying, she scrolled the drum methodically, put it to my temple. Everyone was watching. She pulled the trigger. Shot.

 There was a sound deafening in a closed room. Karina’s head jerked to the side. Blood splashed onto the wall behind her, onto the women, sitting next to each other. Her body sank into the chair, then slid to the floor. Revolver fell out of her hand, fell on the table with with a metallic knock. The blood was spreading by gender. The dark red puddle expanded.

Screams. The women at the table jumped up, tried to move away, but the guards were at the door did not move. Several women were crying. hysterically. Anastasia stood up and screamed. on Rashid, that he is a killer, that she will call the police. Rashid beckoned the guard who grabbed Anastasia, pressed against the wall, covered his mouth with his hand.

 Rashid He approached her and said quietly. One more thing word, and you’re next. Not in the game. Just a bullet in the head here and now. Anastasia She fell silent and nodded. The guard let him go her. Rashid returned to the table, [music] looked at the remaining women. Nine Now. After Karina died, He picked up the revolver from the floor.

 wiped away the blood with a handkerchief, opened the drum, pulled out used cartridge case, inserted a new one cartridge, closed the drum, spun it, put it back on the table and said: “Let’s continue.” The doctor who was standing in the corner of the room, I approached Karina’s body and checked her pulse, shook his head.

 Rashid ordered the guards carry out the body. Two men They picked up the dead girl and carried her away side door. There was blood left on the floor. Dark spot on light marble. Fifth in order was Amina Moroccan, 32 years old, the oldest of the remaining ones. She has there were two children at home in Morocco who She sent money every month.

 She came to Dubai 4 years ago, worked maid, then met Rashid. Amina took the revolver, and her face was calm. She lived a difficult life, I’ve seen death before, I lost my husband in car accident when she was 23. She spun the drum and put it to her temple, Without closing her eyes, she pulled the trigger. A shot rang out.

 Second death in 5 minutes. Amina fell forward face down on the table. Blood flowed from the wound on the temple, flooded plates with the remains of dessert. Her hand twitched for a few seconds, then froze. The women at the table screamed again, but quieter, in shock, unable to fully realize what is happening. Oksana sat with her head in her hands, rocking back and forth.

Isabella stared into space. Her face was pale, lips were moving in silent prayer. Rashid gave again command to remove the body. Security guards completed. The doctor didn’t even come to this once it was obvious that Amina was dead. Rashid reloaded the revolver, repeating ritual.

 One cartridge, drum rotation, metallic sound that is now sounded like a death sentence. The sixth was Elena, Romanian, 27 years old. She was a hairdresser in Bucharest, came to Dubai tourist visa, met Rashid at his hotel, where she was getting her hair done one of his official wives. Elena was practical, rational, always planned ahead.

 She took revolver, looked at Rashid and asked: “If I refuse now, you “Are you going to kill me?” Rashid replied, “No, I’ll just deport you.” Elena nodded, put the revolver on the table and stood up, said: “I refuse.” Rashid looked at her for a long moment, then nodded to the guard. Elena was taken out rooms. There are eight women left.

 Rashid The next person handed over the revolver. Valeria, Colombian, 26 years old, former student Faculty of Economics in Bugat. She came to Dubai for an internship at a bank, met Rashid at a business dinner. He invited her on a date. In a month She moved to the villa. Valeria was smart, ambitious, dreamed of own business.

 50 million dollars could make her independent for the whole life. She took the revolver and twirled it drum methodically, as if she was doing it earlier. I put it to my temple and looked. on the ceiling, pulled the trigger. There was no shot followed, the drum stopped on empty cell. Valeria exhaled, passed the weapon on.

 The seventh was Nina Taika, 22, is the smallest and the quietest of them all. She hardly spoke. in English, communicated with gestures and in simple phrases. arrived in Dubai work as a masseuse in a spa salon. Rashid was one of the clients. Nina took it revolver with both hands. He seemed huge in her small palms. She I spun the drum, closed my eyes, put it to my temple.

 I couldn’t for a long time pull the trigger. Her finger was shaking. Rashid said: “Come on or I’ll do it for “You.” Nina pressed. A shot rang out. Third death. Nina fell off her chair. Her the small body hit the floor. Blood flowed from the wound, mixing with the already with Karina’s dried blood on the marble. Her the eyes were open, looking into nowhere.

The women at the table no longer shouted. They sat in a daze, in a state, which went beyond fear. This there was something else. Turning off emotions as a defense mechanism of the psyche. There are seven women left. Rashid continued your own recharging ritual. His friends watched in silence. No one else I didn’t drink or smoke.

 The atmosphere has changed even for them. Some looked pale. One came out of the room, his You could hear him throwing up in the hallway. But no one stopped Rashid. Nobody said that this is enough. The eighth was Anastasia, Russian, 26 years old. That very one, who tried to protest after first death. She worked as a dancer in the club, was strong, independent, not I’m used to obeying.

But now her face was empty, as if she I went inside myself to get through it. She took the revolver without looking at him, I spun the drum mechanically, I put it to my temple and pressed without fluctuations. There was no shot. She passed the weapon on without changing facial expressions. Ninth was again Oksana. Second round for her.

 She already I did this once and survived, but it’s not made the process easier. She took the revolver, which was now warm from many hands, spun the drum, listening to the familiar metallic sound, put it to my temple. In her head thoughts flashed through my mind about my family in Ukraine, about mother who didn’t know what she was doing Her daughter is in Dubai.

 I thought she was works as a model. Oksana clicked on trigger. There was no shot. She put the revolver on the table. Her hands they shook so hard that she couldn’t control. The tenth was Isabella. Second time for her. The Brazilian seemed calmer the rest. Her experience in fitness, where she I got used to pain, to the limits of the body, helped her maintain control.

 She took revolver, spun the cylinder, She put it to her temple and pressed. [music] The drum spun on an empty slot, handed it over to Rose. Rose is a Filipina. Second round. She was still praying, whispering the words in Tagalog, in my native language language. She took the weapon and spun the cylinder, put it to my temple. Her face was wet.

bursting into tears, she pulled the trigger. The weapon is not fired. Rose lowered the revolver, thanked God out loud. The twelfth was Valeria, Colombian, second round. She She took the revolver confidently, just like the first time. once. I spun the drum and put it to temple, pressed without hesitation.

 The patron is not worked, the drum stopped empty cells, put the weapon on the table. The thirteenth was Anastasia. Second round. The Russian took the revolver. Her the movements were automatic, like a robot I spun the drum and put it to my temple, pressed. A shot rang out. The fourth death. Anastasia fell backwards.

 Her chair capsized. The body hit the floor. Blood gushed from the wound, filled her light hair. Her eyes were open and looking on the ceiling. The guards came up and picked him up. the body was taken away. Rashid reloaded revolver. There are six women left. Oksana, Isabella, Rosa, Valeria and others two that did not make it past the second round.

Natalia, the second Russian, 29 [music] years, was next. She worked manager in a travel agency in Moscow, came to Dubai on a business trip, met Rashid. He proposed to her stay. Natalia was pragmatic and cynical. She said that love is a myth. Important only money. She took the revolver, She spun the drum and put it to her temple.

Said 50 million out loud. Pressed. There was a sound shot. The fifth death. Natalia fell forward to the table. Her blood mixed with leftover food and broken glasses. Body twitched in convulsions for several seconds, then froze. The guards removed it body. Rashid reloaded his weapon. Five there are women left, but one of them is not yet I was in the second round.

 It was the last one, fifteenth overall. Her name was Larisa, Ukrainian, 28 years old, worked as a translator, spoke four languages. Came to Dubai on conference, met Rashid. He hired her as a personal translator. In a month She moved to the villa. Larisa was educated, read books, was interested in philosophy.

 She took revolver, looked at him, then at Rashida asked: “Do you understand that are you doing? “That this will change you forever?” Rashid smiled and replied, “I already have “has changed.” Larisa nodded and scrolled She put the drum to her temple and pressed it. There was no shot. Now all five the remaining women went through at least two round.

 Oksana, Isabella, Rosa, Valeria, Larisa. Rashid looked at them and said: “The third round.” He handed over the revolver To Oksana. Oksana took up arms for the third time once. Her hands no longer shook. She was in a state of shock, beyond fear. She spun the drum and put it to her temple, pressed. The cartridge did not fire. Passed on To Isabella. Isabella third round.

She spun the drum and put it to her temple, pressed. The weapon didn’t work, she said. Rose. Rose, third round. I prayed, I spun the drum and put it to my temple, pressed. The drum stopped empty cells. Passed it on to Valeria. Valeria the third round. She spun the drum confidently, She put it to her temple and pressed.

 The revolver is not fired, handed to Larisa. Larisa, second round for her, third overall sequences. She spun the drum and put it to her temple, pressed. A shot rang out. The sixth death. Larisa fell forward. Her face hit table. Blood splattered in all directions, flooded the remaining women. Her body slid off the chair and fell to the floor in a pose resembling prayer.

 Head pressed to the chest, arms outstretched. The guards removed the body. Rashid reloaded revolver. Four women left. Oksana, Isabella, Rosa, Valeria. All Three rounds went by, everyone survived. Rashid looked at his watch. It was almost midnight. The game lasted 2 hours. Six women dead, four alive. He said: “The last round.

 Whoever survives will become my wife? All four, if you’re lucky. “to everyone.” But he changed the rules. Got it a new revolver from the box that the security guard brought it. Opened the drum, showed that it was empty. Inserted two cartridge instead of one. Closed the drum, scrolled. said: “Now there is only one chance three instead of one: six.

 We are increasing rates.” The women looked at him not in strength to protest. They were for beyond words, beyond emotions. Oksana took a new revolver. He was heavier than the previous one. Spinned the drum, put it to my temple. There was something in her head emptiness. No thoughts, just mechanical action. She pulled the trigger.

There was no shot. She survived the fourth once. Isabella took the revolver, I spun the drum and put it to my temple, pressed. The cartridge did not fire. Fourth survival. Rose took the revolver, prayed more intensely. Her lips were moving quickly, the words merged into a continuous flow.

 I spun the drum and put it to temple, pressed. The revolver did not fire. Fourth survival. Valeria took it revolver. The last of the four. She looked at Rashid, then at the remaining women spun the drum slowly, as if stretching out the moment, put it to my temple. Her finger froze on trigger. She looked straight ahead, emptiness, pressed. The weapon did not work.

All four women survived. Rashid was watching at them, then smiled and said: “Fate I chose. All four of you are worthy, but for me you only need three wives to avoid breaking the rules completely Sharia laws. That’s why we Let’s do one more round. Only one a shot between the four of you. Women looked at him in horror.

 Oksana screamed: “No, that’s enough. We survived. “You promised.” Rashid answered calmly. I promised that the winners will become my wives, but I did not say how many winners there would be. “Three or four? I’ll decide now. He reloaded the revolver this time inserted one cartridge, spun the drum, handed it over to Oksana.

 Oksana refused to take it him, shook her head, cried. Rashid ordered the guard to come over. That put a knife to Oksana’s throat. Rashid said: “Either you play, or I’ll kill you. right now. “Choose.” Oksana took She twirled the revolver with trembling hands She put the drum to her temple and pressed it. There was no shot, she conveyed Isabella sobbing. Isabella took up arms.

 Her the calm finally cracked. Tears flowed down her face. Spinned the drum, She put it to her temple and pressed. The patron is not “It worked,” Rose relayed. Rose took revolver, prayed loudly, screaming prayers. I spun the drum and put it down pressed it to my temple. The revolver didn’t fire, handed over to Valeria. Valeria is the last one.

 She took the revolver and looked at it for a long time, then looked at Rashid, said quietly: “If I die, you will regret it about it.” Rashid laughed and replied, “I I never regret anything.” Valeria I spun the drum and put it to my temple, closed my eyes and pressed. The weapon is not it worked.

 All four women again survived. Rashid looked at them, then at revolver, then laughed long, with loud laughter. said: “The fate is clear. You All four of you will be my wives. I I’ll take four instead of three. Rules created by people. I can change them.” The women sat there, unable to react. Shock, fatigue, trauma.

 They were alive, but something inside them died that night. Rashid ordered the guards to take them to separate rooms, give them water sedative. The doctor examined each one and gave them sedatives. drugs. The bodies of six dead women were taken out that same night. Security guards Rashid took them to the desert, [music] to a place that only they knew.

 There the bodies were burned in a special prepared pits. The ashes were scattered sand. No traces, no graves, nothing that could be found. The four women spent the rest of the night in separate rooms of the villa under supervision security. The doctor gave everyone sedatives. drugs strong enough that they could fall asleep despite what they had experienced horror.

 On the morning of June 24, Rashid gathered them in living room. They were sitting on the sofas, pale, with empty eyes, in dressing gowns, which were given to them. The floor in the dining room where the game happened, was washed. There are none left no trace of blood or broken dishes. All it looked like nothing happened happened. Rashid explained his plans.

 He’s getting married all four over the next two months. Official ceremonies will be conducted separately for each observance of Islamic traditions and legal formalities. Each one will receive a marriage contract that guarantees $50 million in case of divorce. They will live in a villa, each in her own parts of the house, with separate staff.

Rashid will visit them in turn, as Required by Sharia in case of polygamy. But there was a condition, they had to sign non-disclosure agreement prohibiting tell anyone about the events of the night of the 23rd June. If even one breaks the silence, the contract of all four is cancelled, they will be immediately deported without compensation.

 And Rashid uses all his connections to pursue them legally for defamation and breach of contract. Except Moreover, he hinted that the women’s families may be harmed if the information becomes public. The women signed the documents. They had no choice. They were in a foreign place country, without money, without connections, under control of a person with enormous power and influence.

 To refuse meant to return home empty-handed after everything that they survived. To sign meant get rich but live with memories of six dead women. The weddings took place from August to October 2018. Oksana became the first wife. The ceremony took place in a private residence with participation of a religious figure who received a generous reward for silence about the fact that this is the fifth wife, and not fourth.

Isabella got married in September, Rose and Valeria in October. Every ceremony was registered separately in different Emirates to avoid questions with authorities on the number of wives. Four women officially became wives Rashida Al Maktoum. There were contracts compiled by lawyers. Each document guaranteed $50 million divorce, plus monthly maintenance, housing, cars, servants.

 On paper it looked like a poor man’s tale girls who became princesses. IN in reality it was a cage built from trauma and fear. The first months after weddings women hardly communicated with each other friend. Each lived in her own part of the villa, I met with Rashid as scheduled. played the role of a wife, at night haunted by nightmares.

 Oksana woke up from dreams where I saw Karina falling from a bullet in the head, as blood floods the table. Isabella couldn’t look at metal objects, no need to panic. Any the shine of the metal reminded me of a revolver. Rose prayed for hours every day, trying to atone for the survivor’s guilt. Valeria started taking sleeping pills in in large doses so as not to see the face dead women.

Rashid acted as if nothing had happened happened. He was attentive, generous, bought gifts, organized trips. The game was over for him. He received what I wanted, [music] and moved further. His friends, eight men, those present that night, too were silent. They were connected by a common secret, which could ruin their lives if [music] will become public.

 But Oksana doesn’t I could live with it. She was the most young 23 years old, and the injury was destroying her from the inside. 6 months after the wedding, In February 2019, she began searching a way out of the situation. She couldn’t just tell the police, she didn’t have evidence. The bodies disappeared, There were no video recordings.

 Other participants would deny everything. Her word against her word one of the most influential people in Dubai. Oksana began to explore options. She I understood that evidence was needed, something material that cannot be deny. She remembered seeing how one of Rashid’s friends, Said, was filming something on the phone during the game.

 She’s not I was unsure if it was a video or just photos but it was the only chance. In March 2019 Oksana contacted via encrypted an app with a hacker I found through a friend from Ukraine. A hacker who worked under the pseudonym Gray, agreed to hack Said’s phone for 50,000 dollars. Oksana paid from of his monthly maintenance, which Rashid transferred to her account.

 Process took 2 months. The hacker used phishing attack by sending Said a fake message from the bank that contained malware. When Said opened the link on his phone, The program has gained access to the files. The hacker copied all the contents phone, including photos and videos last year. In May 2019, Oksana received the files.

 Among thousands of photographs and In the video she found what she was looking for. The video file is 2 hours long, filmed on the 23rd. June 2018, starting at 9:00 pm. The quality was average, the phone was kept in hand, the picture sometimes shook, but everything it was visible and audible. The video was all game from start to finish.

 Rashid explains rules. Women take a revolver queues, shots. The deaths of Karina, Amina, Nina, Anastasia, Natalia, Larisa. Shouts: “Crying, blood on the table.” Rashid and his friends sitting in chairs watching. Comments, laughter, bets between each other on whoever survives. Everything was recorded. Oksana copied the video onto several flash drives, hid them in different places places.

 Then I started to think what was wrong with this do. Going to the Dubai police was risky. Rashid had connections in the police. The story could have been buried, and Oksana would have disappeared. She decided that it was necessary make it public, so much so public, that the authorities will not be able to ignore. In June 2019, Oksana created anonymous email address via privacy-protecting service.

She sent the video to several international media at the same time. The Guardian in the UK, Al Jazeera in Qatar, New York Times in the US, Derj Shpigl in Germany, Lemont in France. In the letter She briefly described the situation, pointed out names of participants, date of event, location. did not reveal her identity, signed as a witness.

 She was the first to respond Aljazeera. Journalists checked the video on authenticity, made sure that it was not edited or modified. They Rashid Al Maktoum was identified by to the person, confirmed that this is indeed He. June 23, 2019, exactly one year later After the event, Al Jazeera published material on your website with the title: “Dubai billionaire forced women play Russian roulette for the right to become his wife.

 The video was posted online with blurred the victims’ faces to protect them personalities, but the face of Rashid and his friends were clearly visible.” Material was accompanied by an investigation in which journalists identified some of them dead women through comparisons with missing persons reports. Families Karina, Amina, Nina, Anastasia, Natalia and Larisa were found and questioned.

 All confirmed that their daughters worked in Dubai and disappeared in the summer of 2018. Reaction was instantaneous and global. Video went viral. reached 50 million views in the first 48 hours. Hashtag with Rashid’s name became a trend on social media networks around the world. Human rights The organizations demanded an investigation.

The government of several countries from where the deceased women were born, sent official requests to the UAE authorities. Authorities Dubai has come under enormous pressure. It was an international scandal that threatened the Emirate’s reputation as a safe place for tourists and expatriates. On June 25, police arrested Rashid Al-Maktoum in his house.

 Simultaneously eight of his friends were arrested, present at the Villa that night. The investigation was conducted behind closed doors. The UAE authorities tried to minimize publicity, but information leaks continued. It became known that the bodies of six women were indeed destroyed in the desert. [music] The place was found by testimony of one of Rashid’s guards, who agreed to cooperate with investigation in exchange for leniency punishment.

Remains of bones and teeth were found at the site, which were identified through dental records as belonging to the missing women. Rashid’s four surviving wives were interrogated by the police. Oksana, Isabella, Rosa and Valeria gave detailed testimony confirmed everything, what was on the video.

 Their testimony matched in every detail. Doctor, present at the Villa, was also arrested and testified, admitting his role. The trial of Rashid Al Maktoum started in October 2019 Special Criminal Court of Dubai. The trial was closed to the public, but information leaked through lawyers and journalists who had sources in judicial system.

The prosecution brought six counts first degree murder: coercion to participation in a dangerous game, illegal weapons storage, destruction evidence, other crimes. Rashid’s defense tried to challenge the video, claiming that it was mounted, that women participated voluntarily, that it was a game that everyone agreed.

 But the examination confirmed the authenticity of the video, and the testimony of survivors women refuted the version about voluntariness. They described threats of deportation, knives throat, atmosphere of terror. The trial lasted 4 months. On February 27, 2020, the decision was made sentence. Rashid Al Maktoum was recognized guilty on all counts.

The judge sentenced him to life imprisonment. imprisonment without parole liberation. It was not the death penalty that The families of the victims and international organizations demanded organizations. But in the UAE there are death sentences for people from influential families, they are taken out extremely rare.

 Eight Friends of Rashid received various sentences from 10 to 25 years for complicity in a crime, failure to render assistance to victims, concealment of evidence. The doctor received 15 years. Security guards, directly involved in destruction of bodies, received from 7 to 12 years. After the sentencing, four The surviving women left the UAE.

 Their the marriage contracts were annulled by court. The promised $50 million each were not paid because the contracts were imprisoned under duress and were part of a criminal scheme. Assets Rashida was frozen. Most went towards paying compensation to families victims. Oksana was granted asylum in Norway, where she had a long relative.

 Government of Norway provided her with compensation in the amount of 1 million dollars for the trauma experienced, and also paid for psychological help. Isabella returned to Brazil, where received similar compensation from Brazilian government and protection from possible persecution. Rosa went to Canada where the Filipino the community helped her settle in and find work.

Valeria settled in Spain, where The Colombian government provided it security and financial support. All four women gave interviews various media outlets, telling their story. They talked about how they were trapped greed and naivety, like dreams of wealth brought them into a nightmare, as they survived thanks to luck, not personal qualities.

 They talked about six women who died and that no amount of money is worth a human being life. The families of the deceased women filed class action lawsuit against Rashid’s estate Al-Maktoum. In July 2020, the court decided to pay each family compensation in the amount of 20 million dollars, only 120 million The money was taken from frozen Rashid’s assets, including the sale of his hotels, villas on Palm Jumeirah, investment portfolios.

 Story received wide coverage in documentaries and books. Netflix released a documentary series in 2021 year called “The Sheikh’s Headquarters”, where there were interviews with survivors and families victims, investigators, experts women’s rights. The series sparked debate about the situation migrant women in the Persian Gulf countries Gulf, about the Kafala system, which gives employers have enormous power over foreign workers about culture impunity of rich people.

The UAE government is under pressure the international community has contributed changes in legislation. Control rules have been tightened private houses and villas where they can people are held against their will. The police have created a special unit for investigating cases human trafficking and forced labor.

Stricter penalties were introduced for crimes against foreigners workers. But for the four surviving women, no The laws could not return what was lost. Oksana in an interview with The Guardian in 2022 year said that every night she wakes up from nightmares where again holds a revolver to his temple. hears metallic sound of spinning drum, sees the faces of dead women, that no amount of money, no justice cannot erase memories of that night.

Isabella returned to work fitness instructor in Rio de Janeiro, but admitted that she cannot be in in closed spaces for a long time, it begins panic, which sometimes happens on the street men who resemble Rashid or his friends, and she is overcome with fear. Rose dedicated her life to working with victims of domestic violence [music] and human trafficking in Toronto.

 He says that helping others helps her cope own trauma. Valeria wrote a book about his experience, which became a bestseller in Spain and was translated into 12 languages. The families of the six dead women used compensation received in different ways. Karina’s parents created in Ukraine a charitable foundation that helps young women who want to go to work abroad, providing them with information on risks and legal support.

Amina’s family built a school in Morocco for the girls in their village, calling her named after the deceased daughter. Nina’s parents Thailand used money for education of their younger children and assistance local community. Rashid al-Maktoum is serving a life sentence. imprisonment in a maximum security prison in Emirate of Abu Dhabi.

 He is reported to be is kept in a separate cell for security reasons, because other prisoners threatened him reprisal. His family disowned him publicly, stating that his actions are a disgrace to the family and contradict Islamic values. His exes his official wives divorced him and received compensation in accordance with the marriage contracts.

The story of 12 women gathered for dinner, where half of them died in the game, invented by a rich man, became a symbol of the extremes to which it can to reach power and wealth when they are not restrained by morality or law. She showed the dark side of the world of luxury and privileges where human life becomes the stake in the game.

 where are the destinies are solved by rotating the revolver drum. For the women who survived, history is not ended with a verdict or compensation. They continue to live with the consequences. of what we experienced. But they also became voices speaking on behalf of those who cannot speak for himself, reminding the world about six women whose lives were cut short for the sake of one’s perverted whim person.

 And about the fact that justice, even belated, it is still possible when have the courage to speak the truth, despite to fear and threats. Four kidnapped women fought to the death in an underground arena in the desert near Dubai in front of millionaires who paid $500,000 a year for the right to watch and do murder bets until the two survivors escaped and did not reach the road after the shootout with security.

 Anna Koval worked as a masseuse in one of the spa centers Dubai. The last 3 years. She was 28 years old, originally from Kyiv. Came to the Emirates work visa in 2022. Salary amounted to about $2,000 per month plus tip. I rented a room in the area Deira with two other Ukrainian women. I sent money home to my mother every month. The spa was located in a shopping mall.

center. The clientele was mixed. Locals, expats, tourists. Anna specialized in Thai massage and deep tissue techniques. Worked for 6 days per week from 9:00 am to 8:00 pm. IN In my free time I went to the gym, I did kickboxing to maintain my fitness forms. I had few friends, I communicated in mostly with work colleagues and compatriots.

At the beginning of October 2025, she a new client contacted me. A man of about Sopti, introduced himself as Karim, asked massage at home. There were such requests ordinary. The spa center provided on-site services services for an additional fee. Karim said he lives in a villa in the area Jumeirah, ready to pay $300 for a one and a half hour session.

 It was at two times higher than the standard price. Anna agreed. She arrived by taxi address on the evening of October 15. Villa for this area. two-story with a garden. Karim opened the door and led us into the room on the first floor floor. The massage table was already there. Anna started work. In 20 minutes I felt dizzy, tried to say that I felt bad he felt it, but his tongue wouldn’t obey.

 Fell on floor, lost consciousness, woke up in metal cage. Size 2 by 2 m. A bare concrete floor, one thin blanket, plastic bucket in the corner. The light is dim came from the lamp in the ceiling of the corridor. Head I was sick and nauseous. Anna stood up, I tried to open the cage door, locked from the outside, she shouted, but no one answered.

 In a few minutes I heard voices and looked to the right. IN There was a young woman sitting in the next cage a Filipina cried, hugging her knees with hands. Anna asked in English what is happening. The girl raised her head, She replied that she didn’t know. She said that her Her name is Maria, she worked as a maid in a hotel.

Yesterday I went out on my day off to buy products. Someone grabbed her in the parking lot, covered his face with a cloth that smelled of chemicals. I woke up here. Anna looked around more carefully. The corridor was long. By There were metal ones on both sides cells. Some of them contained women. Anna I counted two more.

 One dark-skinned girl thirty, sat silently, leaning against wall. Another European woman, light hair She was lying on the floor, seemingly unconscious. Anna tried to understand where she was. The walls are concrete, the ceiling is low, about 2 meters with a ponya. The air is stale and smells damp. and something chemical.

 [music] No windows. So, underground premises. There are no sounds from outside. Complete silence, only the breathing of women in cells. An hour later a man appeared medium height, dark skinned, black hair. He spoke with an accent, possibly Pakistani. or Indian. I was walking down the corridor, stopped at each cell and threw put a bottle of water and a bag of food inside.

 Anna I caught his eye and asked him what he wanted I need to know why they are being kept here. Man did not answer, continued distributing food and left. The next two days passed in unknown. The women were brought food three times a day. Water was flushed into the toilet once a day escorted by two guards. Speak prohibited. They beat me for trying to communicate.

with a stun gun. Anna tried to understand the logic. They are being held like animals in cages. They feed well, The portions are large. So they want them to were in shape. For what? On the third day They brought another woman. [music] A Romanian woman of about 26 years old. She introduced herself as Jessica.

 Worked as a dancer at night club in Dubai. Kidnapped right from the club after the shift. I went out to the car. Someone I was hit on the head from behind and woke up in cage. Jessica was in a panic, screaming, demanded to be released. The guards hit shocked her several times with a stun gun. She became quiet.

 The fourth was an Ethiopian woman named Lina. 31 years old. Worked as a waitress in restaurant, kidnapped on the way home late in the evening. Lina was larger the rest, high athletic physique. She kept calm, not cried, [music] looked at the guards inquiringly, as as if she was evaluating. On the fourth day the same man who was distributing came food.

 He stood in the center of the corridor so that everyone he was seen and heard. He said that his His name is Rashid. He runs this place. explained that women are in private sports complex in the desert outside the city. Nobody is looking for them, No one will find them. They have a choice: participate in the program and get a chance for freedom and money or refuse and die of hunger in a cage.

 Program simple: women will fight each other friend. One-on-one hand-to-hand combat. Fight continues until the death of one of participants. No weapons allowed, hands only. and legs. Winner of every fight remains to live. The final winner receives $1 million in cash and helicopter to any country of your choice. No questions, no problem.

persecution. Refusal to participate means death. There is no choice. The women listened in shocked. Maria started screaming that it was It’s crazy that this can’t be done. Rashid approached her cage, hit with a stun gun through rods. Maria fell, writhing in pain. Rashid said that the rules are already established, disputes are useless.

 They have There are 2 weeks to prepare, then the fighting will begin. The next 14 days were training camp. The women were released from the cells twice a day for 2 hours. They drove us into the gym, which was located in the adjacent room. forced to do push-ups, squats, running in place, taught basic kicks and capture.

 The two coaches both looked like Former fighters showed off their equipment. If someone refused to train, received a shock from a stun gun. They fed us abundantly. Chicken, rice, vegetables, fruits, lots of protein and carbohydrates. The goal was obvious: make them physically ready to battle. Anna understood that the resistance it’s useless.

 You have to play by their rules, wait for an opportunity. She was training diligently, used the experience of classes kickboxing. Maria cried during training, but did the exercises. Jessica was fast, flexible, dancing gave her good coordination. Lina was the strongest, her blows were powerful. Rashid sometimes came to watch training, evaluated women, did notes in a notebook.

 Once said that The first fight will be in 3 days. Maria against Lina, Anna against Jessica. Two couples. The winners will meet in final. The women realized that time was up. Anna tried to talk to the others, when the guards were not around. She suggested uniting and attacking security together. Lina shook her head, She said that there were at least six guards.

Everyone is armed. There is no chance. Maria just cried. Jessica said that will try not to kill if necessary fight with Anna. It might just turn you off. Anna replied that it doesn’t work that way. If the enemy is not dead, the fight will not end. The rules are clear. The day before the first fight The women were shown a video.

 Rashid brought it tablet, turned on recording. There was a picture on the screen an arena similar to the Octagon for mixed martial arts martial arts, 10×10 m in size, fenced with a net. Around the stands, filled with men in expensive suits. Two women were fighting in the arena women: African and Asian. There was a fight cruel, no rules.

 Blows to the head, chokeholds. In 15 minutes An African woman broke an Asian woman’s neck. She fell. and did not rise. Dead. Men on The stands applauded. Rashid turned it off video, said that everyone looks like this fight. The public is expecting a spectacle. Who doesn’t? will give a spectacle, will receive punishment after fight, even if he wins.

 Women need fight for real. There will be an imitation noticed. The consequences will be worse than death. in the arena. Anna didn’t sleep all night before I was fighting and thinking about what would happen Tomorrow. She must kill Jessica or Jessica will kill her. Third option No. Anna tried to be moral get ready, I told myself that this survival, that she has a mother at home, who she is needed, that she is not to blame for this situations where Jessica is not to blame either, but only one can survive. In the morning they

fed for the last time before the battles, then they led me down a long corridor, passed several turns, went down down the stairs even deeper, came out into a large premises. It was an arena. The octagon stood in the center, surrounded by three rows of stands. The lighting is bright and directed towards the arena.

The stands were empty. While the women were taken away locker room, they gave me sports clothes, shorts and top. No shoes, barefoot, no bandages on the hands, nothing but bodies. An hour later they started coming spectators. Anna looked through the crack in locker room doors. Men in expensive suits. The average age is about 50 years.

Different nationalities: Arabs, Europeans, Asians. sat in the stands, talked, laughed. Waiters in People in white shirts served drinks. The atmosphere was like a social event event, not before the fatal by force. Rashid went into the locker room and said, that the first fight is in 10 minutes. Maria against Lina. Took both women out.

 Maria my whole body was shaking. Lina walked calmly, a face without emotions. They were led into the arena, placed in opposite corners octagon. Rashid took the microphone and announced the beginning of the evening, introduced the fighters, explained the rules. Fight to the death of one of participants.

 No rounds, no breaks. The gong sounded. The fight has begun. Lina moved forward immediately. Maria tried to evade, retreat to grid. Lina caught up with him and grabbed him by the hair, She hit me in the stomach with her knee. Maria bent over from pain. Lina delivered an elbow strike face. Blood gushed from Maria’s nose.

 She the arena flooring fell. Lina no She stopped, sat on top, and started hitting him. fists in the face. Maria tried I covered myself with my hands, but the blows got through. The face turned into a bloody mess. The spectators in the stands shouted, encouraged. Some made gestures with their hands, they showed to continue.

 In 15 For a few minutes Maria stopped moving. Lina got up and walked away. Rashid entered the arena, checked Maria’s pulse and announced that she dead. Lina won. Spectators applauded. Someone whistled. Security guards They entered and carried away Mary’s body. Lina was taken away back to the locker room.

 Anna looked at all this through the gap. In half an hour she queue. She should do the same. with Jessica. Or Jessica will do it with her. Rashid came in and said it was time. He brought Anna and Jessica into the arena and placed in the corners of the octagon, repeated the rules. Gong sounded again.

 Anna and Jessica started carefully. Both moved in a circle, holding distance, studying each other. Spectators on The stands were shouting and demanding action. Jessica was the first to attack. Fast kick to the body. Anna blocked forearm, responded with a straight punch in face, hit the cheekbone. Jessica stepped back and rubbed the area where she had been hit.

The next 5 minutes saw an exchange of blows. Jessica was faster. Her technique built on dodging and quick counterattacks. Anna was heavier, her blows stronger. Each one was looking for a weak spot in defense of the enemy. They both understood that it can’t be delayed. The forces are not infinite, but Spectators are losing interest in technical combat.

They need blood. At the seventh minute Jessica made a mistake, she tried perform a high kick to the head. Anna managed to catch the leg and pulled it myself. Jessica lost her balance, fell on her back. Anna threw herself from above, applied a rear choke hold. Hands They grabbed Jessica’s neck, squeezing her arteries.

Jessica tried to break free, scratching Anna’s hands, wriggling, trying turn over, but the position was unprofitable. There was no air flow. In 30 seconds the movements became weaker. Face Jessica’s face turned red, then blue. Eyes rolled away, the body went limp. Anna continued to hold the grip, counting in mind. 60 seconds, 90.

I made sure Jessica wasn’t breathing. Only then she let go, stood up, looked at body. Jessica lay motionless, her eyes open, looking at the ceiling. Dead. The audience applauded, some standing. Rashid entered the arena, raised Anna’s hand up, declared her the winner of the first fight. Anna looked at the stands and saw faces men: delight, excitement, satisfaction, It’s like we just watched a good one.

movie. Not people for them, just entertainment. The guards carried away the body. Jessica’s. Anna was taken back to locker room. They gave me water and a towel. Rashid came in 10 [music] minutes later and said, that she did well. The final battle will be in a week against Lina. The winner will receive a million in freedom.

Anna nodded silently. She was returned to the cage. Lina sat in the next room and looked at Anna said in English that now They are opponents. Anna replied that always have been. Lina agreed and added, that does not hold a grudge. Each one wants to survive. This is logical. Next week both we were preparing for the final, training separately.

 Rashid brought in specialists various martial arts: former boxer, wrestler, muaythai trainer. Each worked with women for 2 hours day. They taught finishing techniques, how to quickly How to break limbs correctly how to choke, how to apply fatal blow. Anna used this time not only for training. She observed, studied the security regime, counted number of guards, remembered the time changing of the guard, looked at the location cameras in the corridors, looking for weak spots in security system, I noticed several things. There were six guards during the day

shift and four at night. The change was taking place at 3:00 am. There were 15 minutes left only two. One at the entrance to the cell block, the second patrolled the corridors. There were cameras in most places, but there were blind spots. One section of the corridor near the stairs were not visible, another one near the warehouse.

 Keys to cells hung on the duty officer’s belt security guard. Two of the six have pistols. The rest carried stun guns and batons. The weapons room was located on the first level near the entrance. There machine guns and shotguns were stored, but she always closed. Access only to Rashid. Anna understood that there was only one chance.

 If try to escape and fail, the second there won’t be a time. We need to act after final battle. If he wins, the guards relax. They’ll think she’ll get it money and leave. They won’t expect an attempt escape. But first you need to survive the fight with Lina. Anna knew that Lina was physically stronger.

 Weight advantage in kilograms 10. More powerful punches, better endurance. U Anna had an advantage in technique and speed. You need to use this, no go into a power struggle, [music] hold distance, work with blows, wear out enemy. The day of the final has arrived. Spectators there were more than last time. All 80 seats are filled. The atmosphere is festive.

The men drank expensive alcohol loudly talked, made bets. Anna I heard the numbers. Someone bet 50,000 dollars for Lina, the other 100,000 for Anna. The odds were almost equal. Rashid entered the arena with a microphone, announced the final fight of the evening, presented Lina as the winner of the first fight, strong and merciless, then Anna as technical and cold-blooded.

 He said that the winner will receive a million dollars cash and a helicopter to anywhere in the world. The loser will die in this arena. Women They were brought into the octagon and placed in the corners. Lina looked calm. Anna controlled breathing. concentrated. Rashid raised his hand, lowered. Gong! Lina went on the attack immediately.

Powerful right hand to the body. Anna dodged to the right, responded quickly combination to the head. Two jibs. Hook! Lina blocked the first two. Third went into the temple, took a step back. IN The next 10 minutes saw an exchange of blows. Lina pressed, tried to cut down distance, drive into a corner.

 Anna was working on the retreat, held the center of the octagon, not allowed herself to be pressed against the net. Blows sniper, accurate. Lina received more hits, but they were non-critical. Her blows were harder, but she got there less often. At the twelfth minute Lina caught Anna in a clinch and pressed her to net, started working with her knees in frame. Three blows hit the ribs.

 Anna I felt a sharp pain. Maybe, crack. pushed Lina away, walked out clinch, began to limp on her left leg. Lina saw the weakness and went to finish it off. But it was a trap. When Lina got closer, Anna carried out a side kick right foot to the knee. The blow was strong, precise, crunch. Lina screamed and collapsed.

on one knee. The joint is damaged. Anna did not give time for recovery. Side kick to the head. Lina fell on the side. Anna threw herself from above. beginning punch in the face. Lina tried defend yourself, block with your hands, but the position was losing. Blows passed by, nose broken, lip split, The eyebrow was cut and blood was pouring down the face.

Lina jerked sharply and threw Anna off. Both ended up on the floor and rolled towards the net. Lina attempted a rear naked choke, but the injured knee wouldn’t let me fix the position. Anna turned away, ended up on top again. At the twentieth minute of the fight, both were exhausted.

 Heavy breathing, movement slower. Lina was still resisting, but my strength was fading. A knee injury was making her zero mobility. Anna understood that we need to finish. She applied a rear naked choke. Hands They grabbed Lina’s neck and squeezed. Lina wheezed, tried to breathe, scratched her hands Anna was writhing, but there was no oxygen.

it was enough. After 40 seconds the movements became weaker. The face turned blue, the eyes began to close, the body went limp. Anna held the grip for another 2 minutes, made sure that breathing stopped. There is no pulse. Only then I let go, stood up, and looked at the body Lina. The third woman who died because of this madness, Maria, Jessica, Lina. Everyone is dead.

 She is the only one survivor. The audience exploded applause. Standing ovation. Rashid entered into the arena, raised Anna’s hand, announced her the absolute winner, he said that in an hour she will be given a million dollars and will be taken to the helipad. Anna nodded. Played the role of the grateful winners. She was taken to the locker room.

They gave me a hot shower and clean clothes, [music] medical care. Doctor examined the ribs and said there was a crack there is, but it is not critical. bandaged the chest I tied the cage with an elastic bandage and gave it to him pain reliever. An hour later Rashid brought a black sports bag, opened the zipper.

 There were packs inside dollar bills with hundreds. He said that There are exactly a million here. You can recount. Anna shook her head and said that takes my word for it. Rashid smiled, added that the helicopter was ready. Wherever he wants fly? Anna said that in Europe, in Switzerland. Rashid nodded. said that he didn’t problem.

 But first, let’s get back to cell block. She will spend the night there. last time. In the morning she will be taken to helipad. It’s too late fly now. Safer during the day. Anna returned to the cage. A bag of money placed next to each other. They gave food and water. Rashid left. The guards remained on duty. Anna lay down on the floor of the cage, closed her eyes, pretended to be asleep. I waited. The hours were ticking.

slowly. The guard changed at midnight. Four night guards took up their duties. Two of them went to patrol other levels. complex. Two remained in the cell block. One was sitting at the entrance, the other checked the cameras in the surveillance room in at the end of the corridor. At 2:00 a.m. the guards began to doze off.

 The one at the entrance, leaned his head back on the chair. Eyes closed. The second one in the observation room I was looking at my phone and got distracted. Anna opened her eyes. Time. It started at 3 o’clock changing of the guard. Daytime guards went upstairs, the night ones stayed. On the 15th There were only two minutes in the block.

 Anna stood up in the cage and began to moan quietly, holding his stomach. Pretended that Badly. The guard at the entrance opened his eyes, looked at her and asked: “What happened? Anna said she was strong pain in the side. Probably the ribs. Needed doctor”. The guard approached the cage and looked more carefully.

 Anna fell to her knees, grabbed her chest. The security guard got it radio, was about to call a medic. In this moment Anna shot her hand through the cage bar, grabbed the guard by the the wrist of the hand with the radio, jerked towards herself with all my might. The guard didn’t expect it, crashed face first into the metal bars.

The nose is broken, blood is gushing out, Anna is not let go. With her other hand she reached out his belt, felt for the keys. Dash! Keys in her hand. The guard tried to break free, but Anna held on with a death grip. He he pulled the stun gun from his belt and tried reach through the bars.

 Anna let him go hand, jumped back into the depths of the cage. Security guard hit the bar with a stun gun, but the charge hit the metal. Sparks, but not Anna touched. Anna quickly opened the lock. cells. My hands were shaking, but the key went in. Turn, click. The door is open. Security guard turned around, ran to the exit, shouting in radio, calling for help.

 Anna jumped out cells, caught up with him in three steps. Bounce on the back. Arms wrapped around the neck, legs clasped the torso. Choke hold. The guard tried to throw it off, he was spinning, I was hitting the wall. But the technique is correct. Anna held on tightly. In 30 seconds the guard began to weaken and fell to his knees, a minute later he lost consciousness.

 Anna I held it for another 20 seconds and then released it. The guard fell face down. Not breathing. Dead. Anna took his gun with her belts. Glock 17 gauge. I checked the store. 17 rounds. I took it stun gun, keys, walkie-talkie. I heard steps from the corridor. The second guard ran away She heard the noise and hid around the corner.

 Security guard I ran out and saw my colleague’s body on the floor, stopped and began to look around. Anna came out from behind. Hit with a pistol butt back of the head. The guard fell. Anna hit again twice. The skull shook. He stopped move. Anna returned to the cell block. I saw that in the neighboring cells There are six more women sitting.

 New party for future battles. They looked at her with hope and fear. Anna opened everything cells with keys, she said quickly in English that they are running away. Who wants to? live, follows her. Whoever remains will die Here. Five women came out of the cages. There is one left. She sat in the corner, clasping knees, rocking back and forth.

 Anna no I started wasting time and led the others to exit, explained on the way what was up there security. You need to move quickly and quietly. If shooting starts, scatter in different sides. We climbed the stairs first level. The corridor was empty. Anna walked ahead with a pistol. Women followed her.

 We passed by the room rest of the guards. The door is ajar. Inside The security guard was snoring on the sofa. TV worked with the sound turned off. We’ve reached weapons. The door is locked electronically code lock. Anna tried remember if I ever saw how the security opened it. I didn’t remember. One of the women, tall The Asian woman said in a low voice what she saw.

cat 3 days ago when she was taken to toilet. Four numbers: 7 3 1 9. Anna I pressed the green light on the panel. Door opened. There were six machine guns inside. AK-47 on a stand, four shotguns, boxes with cartridges, bulletproof vests. Anna took it one machine gun, checked. The store is full, 30 rounds.

 Gave me two shotguns showed women how to take it off fuse. She told me to just shoot, if there is no choice. We left the armory, We walked another 20 meters down the corridor. Ahead There was a staircase leading to the surface. U There was a security guard standing at the foot of the stairs. With your back He looked at them on the phone.

 Anna crept up behind. A blow to the head with a rifle butt. Security guard collapsed without a sound. We went up the stairs. There was a metal door at the top. Anna pushed, locked from the inside with a bolt, opened the bolt and pushed again. Door opened, went outside. It was night. Desert. The stars are bright in the black sky.

The temperature dropped to 15 degrees. Wind cold. Women in light clothing began tremble. Anna looked around. Building The complex looked like an ordinary warehouse. One-story, gray walls, no windows. There is sand and rocks around. Not a single building in sight. There were four standing nearby SUV. Toyota Land Cruiser.

 Anna I ran up to the nearest one and looked in inside. There are no keys. I tried it rest. It’s the same everywhere. The keys are at security. I heard a scream from behind and turned around. There was a security guard standing at the door of the building with a machine gun, he opened fire.

 Anna made it in time dive behind the car. The bullets hit metal. Two women did not have time to take cover, fell, pierced by bursts. Rest ran away, hid behind cars and barrels. Anna looked out and fired a short burst hit the door opening. The guard retreated inside. Anna shouted to the women to run into the desert. Not wait for her.

 Run north, there should be there will be a road. Three women ran out from behind shelters, ran into the darkness. Anna provided covering fire, fired short shots in queues towards the building. Security guards inside they answered, bullets whistled in in the air. One of the women tripped, fell, got up, ran further, disappeared in the dark.

 Anna waited until the rest disappeared. Turned around, I ran after him and heard the guards screaming. behind, shots. The bullets hit the sand next to her. She ran without looking back. After 100 meters the shots died down. Too much It’s dark and they can’t see the target. Ran for another 10 minutes, stopped, looked around.

 Around just a desert, no one in sight. She called quietly the rest of the women. Nobody answered. Moved on. Headed north to the stars. The North Star is ahead. Go on her. Half an hour later I saw a silhouette ahead. Came closer. Two women were sitting on the ground. One held the leg, limping, she said she had twisted her ankle, can’t walk fast.

 Anna helped her stand up, supported by the arm. Went the three of us. An hour later I caught up with the fourth. The Asian woman who knew the cat from the gunsmith, I walked alone, held up well, and we united. four. Now two women have been killed near buildings. One remained in the cage, alone disappeared into the darkness.

 We walked all night to At dawn we reached the crest of the hill. Down we saw a road, asphalt, two-lane route. No cars yet. We went down, We went to the side of the road and sat down to rest. Sun it was rising and getting hot. There is no water it happened, my lips started to crack. One a woman with an ankle injury was lying on ground, could not go further.

 Rest sat and waited. An hour later she appeared car. A white Toyota Camry was driving from the south. north. Anna went out onto the road and waved with hands. The car slowed down, stopped at 30 mx. The driver is not went out. Anna came closer. Behind the wheel there sat a European of about fifty years old, gray-haired hair, tanned face.

 Looked through glass with caution. Anna knocked on the window. The man opened the door 5 meters. Asked In English, what happened? Anna She explained quickly. said that they escaped from illegal imprisonment. Needed help. Take to the police. Man looked at her, then at the others women. I saw blood on my clothes, bruises, bruises. Opened the door.

 Introduced himself as Peter, a tourist from the UK, is travelling from Abu Dhabi to Dubai. Helped women get into car, asked where to take him. Anna said to the nearest police station. Peter nodded, turned around, and drove off. back to the south, he said it was 30 to the city km. On the way, Anna told us the main things: kidnapping, underground arena, deadly fights, escape.

 Peter listened, shaking his head, He said it was unbelievable, but he believed it. Too detailed to be fiction, promised to remain a witness when They will come to the police. We reached the city. Peter stopped at the police station. in the Albarsha area. We went inside. Officer I looked at the women at the reception desk surprised.

 Anna said in English, that he wants to file a report of kidnapping and illegal imprisonment. The officer called the senior officer. The lieutenant arrived police, an Arab man of about forty. I took them to interrogation room, sat down opposite, He took out a notebook and asked me to tell him everything. at first.

 Anna started talking, She told the story slowly. In detail. Kidnapping on October 15. Awakening in cage. Other women. Rashid. Explanation of the rules. Workout. To be afraid. Maria. Jessica. Lina. All killed. Escape at night. The murder of two security guards. Liberating other women. Escape through the desert.

 The lieutenant wrote down, asked clarifying questions. Where where was the complex located? Anna said that she didn’t knows for sure. somewhere in the desert to the west or southwest of the city were driving by car about an hour after the kidnapping. How much was there? security guards? Anna said around ten, maybe more.

 Who organized it? Anna said that the manager introduced himself like Rashid, but the main organizer is not was called. I heard the guards the name Halet was mentioned. The lieutenant called to someone, spoke Arabic quickly, hung up and said it would start investigation. Need to show on the map approximate location of the complex.

 Anna I asked for a card. The lieutenant opened the door satellite map of the region on the computer. Anna looked, trying to remember direction, pointed her finger at the area approximately 40 km southwest of the city. She said something there. The lieutenant did mark, said he would send a patrol check.

 Anna and the other women were taken away to the hospital, underwent medical treatment examination, injuries were recorded, took DNA samples, photographed them damage. Anna told the doctors about broken ribs, they did an x-ray, confirmed the crack, applied a tight one bandage. I arrived at the hospital in the evening. Senior Police Officer, Lieutenant Colonel, introduced himself as Ahmed Al Maktoum.

He said that the patrol found the complex. Building in the desert at coordinates that Anna pointed out. Conducted a raid. Found underground bunker, arena, cages weapons. The bodies of two security guards on on the first level, the bodies of two women on surfaces. Four people were detained guards who remained on territory.

 The rest escaped and were found computers with hundreds of hours of battle recordings Videos of fights involving dozens of women. Everything is documented. In the desert next to The complex discovered a massive burial. 11 bodies, all women, different degree of decomposition. The examination will establish exact dates of death.

 The lieutenant colonel said, that the list of club members has been found. 80 names. There are very influential people among them. Members of the royal families of countries Persian Gulf, Russian businessmen, [music] Chinese millionaires, European entrepreneurs. The investigation will be complex. It will be required international cooperation.

 Detained four security guards. The interrogations will begin Tomorrow. Manager Rashid is not yet found. Disappeared. Declared wanted. The main organizer has been identified as Haleth Ibn Sultan Al-Nahyan. A thirty-eight year old member of one of the influential Emirati families. Owner several construction companies.

The fortune is estimated at 200 million dollars. The search for him has also disappeared throughout country and abroad. Anna asked what will be with them. The lieutenant colonel replied that They are witnesses and victims. Will remain under police protection until the end of the investigation. Then they will receive compensation from the state and assistance with moving to a safe place, if they want to leave the country.

 Through Rashid was detained for a week and found in the port. Sharjah. Tried to escape on a cargo ship to Pakistan. During the search they found a passport another name and $500,000 in cash. Delivered to Dubai. The interrogations began. Rashid told everything. Gave testimony against Khaled and other participants in the scheme.

Khaled was caught after 3 weeks. I tried fly to Switzerland on a private jet. Detained at the airport. Confiscated documents, money, telephones. In phones found correspondence with club members. Discussion of fights, bets. Video from mobile phones. Evidence it was enough. The trial has begun. Closed mode. The media were not allowed.

 Rashid received 25 years. Four security guards, 15 years each every. Khalet appeared in court for charged with organizing kidnappings, illegal deprivation of liberty, organization murders, human trafficking. Lawyers tried to negotiate a deal, They offered 30 years instead of life. The prosecutor’s office refused. required maximum term. The trial lasted 4 months.

Testimony from all survivors was heard. women, watched videos of the fights, we studied the list of club members, but the list was classified by order top management. Officially it is was done in the interests of the national security. Unofficially, everyone understood everything. There are names of people who must not be touched.

The verdict of Khalid. Life imprisonment without the right to parole. Confiscation of property, payment compensation to the families of the deceased women. Khaled was taken to a maximum security prison. The case is formally closed. Anna and the Three other surviving women received 2 million each dollars in compensation each.

 They suggested new documents and assistance with moving to Europe. Anna chose Poland. She has it there were distant relatives. Received new passport with a different name. She left a month after the trial. Asian woman who The cat knew from the armory, returned to Philippines. Two other women chose Germany.

 Everyone was given a psychological support, therapy, medications insomnia and anxiety. But the memory goes nowhere didn’t go away. Faces of Maria, Jessica, Lina, [music] sounds of fighting, screams, blood. The story leaked to Western media through year. Journalists received information from police sources wrote articles, they made a documentary, and he demanded a full investigation, requested a list of all club members.

The Emirates responded that the case had been investigated. the guilty are punished, the list is not subject to disclosure. International human rights organizations accused the authorities of concealment. they said, that there were citizens among the participants many countries that should be brought to justice, but without there was nothing to do on the official list it is forbidden. The investigation has reached a dead end.

Anna gives interviews to human rights activists once a year year, tells his story, wants, so that people know about such places and look for them missing women so that they are not covered up eyes. Lives quietly in a Polish city, works in a massage parlor, doesn’t tell anyone tells what she experienced.

 Only in interviews for documentary projects Khalet is serving time in prison, is being held in solitary confinement for his own security. Other prisoners know his story, threatened with reprisals. Rashid in gives interviews to another prison, sometimes says he regrets doing only work that did not make decisions, just carried out orders.

 This is reality modern human trafficking. Rich create closed worlds where ordinary people laws don’t work. Technologies allow document crimes, but connections and money allows you to avoid responsibility. The story of Anna and other women shows that that survival is possible even in the most extreme conditions, but the price is always high.

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 Turn on notification so you don’t miss it next investigation. 15 young women signed contracts for exclusive photo shoot in the United United Arab Emirates, but after 48 hours they were deprived of personalities and locked in underground concrete structure, where the only condition of release was the death of the other fourteen.

This illegal operation was organized for the entertainment of 60 anonymous spectators, led to the death of 93% of the participants even before how international services law enforcement learned of the existence this object. The story that later received the code name in Interpol files as the Peschanaya project the cage, did not start with a kidnapping in the dark alley, and with impeccably decorated corporate proposal.

At the beginning of 2023, it appeared on the network Dubai Elite Models agency. Digital a trace of the organization was created professionally. Active website with portfolio, verified accounts in social networks, positive reviews from bots that imitate real models and legal address in a prestigious business district area of ​​Dubai.

The investigation revealed that the domain was registered through Panamanian servers, and payment for hosting was made through mixed cryptocurrency transactions, what did end tracking do beneficiary is almost impossible At the initial stage the agency did not conduct mass castings. Scouts who worked remotely and often unaware of the true goal of the employer, pointwise contacted girls from economic unstable regions.

The priority was given to the countries of Eastern Europe Europe, Southeast Asia and Latin America. The main selection criterion was not only appearance, but also social vulnerability, presence of debts, the need to provide for large families or a desire to quickly leave the homeland. One of the first to receive invitation, was twenty-two years old Daria, a former athlete from Ukraine, whose boxing career was cut short due to injuries and lack of funding.

 To her, like the other fourteen candidates, offered a contract worth 50,000 dollars per week of work. Conditions included a shoot for a jewelry catalog products and participation in a closed showing for private investors. For verification the agency sent out a statement of seriousness of intentions each girl gets an advance payment of 2,000 dollars and business class air tickets.

This financial gesture lulled vigilance participants. Lawyers to whom some girls contacted to check the contract, [music] did not find any obvious ones in the documents signs of fraud. The papers were drawn up competently, with compliance with international law, with the exception of one point about full confidentiality and transfer of all rights for video and photo materials to the customer.

The list of invitees also included Isabella from Brazil, who worked waitress in Sao Paulo, Lien from Vietnamese woman trying to pay for treatment mothers, and Elena from Romania, [music] a student of a medical college. A total of 15 girls were selected. None none of them knew about the existence of the others until the meeting at the airport.

On November 4, all participants arrived in Dubai International Airport. Logistics the operation was structured in such a way that the girls didn’t cross paths with ordinary people tourists. They were met at the steps of the plane. employees in company uniforms, were taken through the VIP terminal, where passport control took place in in accelerated mode.

 Border stamps were entered, but the entry data, as it turned out later, were not included in centralized database migration service. This indicates that high level of corruption and the presence of accomplices within the state structures. They were waiting at the exit tinted SUVs. Drivers hired through front companies firms had strict instructions: do not talk to passengers, lock the doors from the inside and follow along the route that was transmitted to them real-time navigators.

 For girls reported that the location for filming is located in an exclusive oasis in desert. away from the hustle and bustle of the city, to provide the best natural lighting and privacy. The motorcade moved south, towards the desert. Roop Elkhali. After 3 hours of driving on the highway the cars turned onto a dirt road, leading deep into the Dunes.

 Mobile communications disappeared about 50 km after exit from the highway. Upon arrival at the location the girls saw what looked like temporary camp for film production. Large tents, generators, lighting equipment. They were met by a man, introducing himself as a producer’s assistant. He politely asked to hand over the phones and personal belongings, explaining this with strict customer’s privacy policy jewelry brand.

 The girls were offered refreshments before the start briefing. Chemical analysis of liquid residues, conducted months later showed the presence of a powerful sedative cocktail based on kitamine and muscle relaxants fast acting. The effect occurred after 10-15 minutes. The girls started to lose consciousness one after another right in the reception area the tents the bodies were immediately loaded onto freight elevator disguised under the floor one of the tents.

The underground complex was located on at a depth of 12 meters below the sand level. This it was not a makeshift shelter, but a permanent one an engineering structure built with using reinforced concrete and steel ceilings. Construction was presumably carried out in for 2 years under the guise of drilling artesian wells.

The main level of the bunker was a long corridor on both sides which housed 15 single cameras. Each room was 3 meters in size 3 m. There was no furniture inside, except for the one screwed to the semi-metallic beds without mattress and open sanitary unit. The walls were covered soundproofing material, drowning out any screams.

In each corner under the ceiling there were high-resolution surveillance cameras with night vision function and microphones. The ventilation system was centralized, which allowed the operator to control the temperature and the composition of the air in each individual compartment.

 When the girls regained consciousness, they found themselves wearing the same clothes gray overalls made of rough fabric without pockets and identification marks. The shoes were missing. The doors of the cells were solid steel sheets with small windows made of armored glass located too high to be able to look in without effort. The first few hours were spent in panic.

The girls were screaming and knocking on the doors, tried to find a way out. Some, like Ukrainian Daria, they immediately began investigating the perimeter of their cells, probing the walls for weak points. Others, like Vietnamese Lien, fell into hysteria, breaking his voice. Soundproofing is not was absolute.

 They could hear muffled screams of neighbors, that only increased psychological pressure. Understanding that they are not alone is not brought relief, but created an atmosphere of collective horror. At the same time time on a closed server in the shadows The broadcast has begun in the Internet segment. Exactly 60 people had access to the site users.

 each of which passed multi-level verification and contributed deposit of $100,000 in cryptocurrency Monera. The audience consisted of from the representatives of the international elite, seeking extreme entertainment, inaccessible in the legal field. The show’s organizer, forty-two years old UAE citizen Faisl, known in narrow circles circles as an architect, personally greeted the audience through encrypted chat.

 He didn’t hide his faces in front of the camera. operator’s room. Feeling full impunity, Faisl announced that the show would last exactly 30 days or less if the winner will be determined earlier. Prize fund for the survivor was $1 million and freedom. It was open to the public the opportunity to bet on life expectancy betting each participant, the method of her death and the final winner.

 After 6 hours after the prisoners woke up in their cells the speakerphone turned on. Faisal’s voice, distorted by the modulator, but calm and businesslike, filled the space. He didn’t waste time on theatrical threats. He simply stated the facts. The girls were informed that they were in isolated object from which there is no exit to the surface without external key.

 They were told that the food supplies are strictly limited and calculated in such a way in such a way that they are physically not enough all those present. The voice announced the rules: there will be food apply once a day to the general corridor. The doors of the cells will open automatically for 15 minutes. Quantity the number of servings on the first day was only three standard power supply sets for 15 Human.

 This meant that from the very first the organizers deliberately provoked conflict for resources. Faisl finished his speech. phrase: “Only one will survive, the rest will become part of history.” After that the speakers went off, plunging the bunker into silence broken only by the hum ventilation. The first day passed without food and water. The temperature in the chambers was maintained at at a comfortable 22 degrees, but the light didn’t go out for a second.

The bright LED lights were blinding my eyes, preventing sleep. This was the first stage sleep deprivation, classical method suppression of will used special services. On the monitor screens the audience watched the behavior of the victims. Daria tried to do exercise to maintain warmth and clarity of mind.

 Isabella prayed, kneeling in the corner. Someone just lay, covered with his hands. Psychological the group’s condition is rapidly worsened. Lack of information and sensory overload from constant the lights began to destroy their psyche even more before the onset of physical deprivation. At the twenty-fourth hour the bell rang a sharp sound signal similar to siren.

 Mechanical locks on doors all five cameras clicked at once and opened. The doors slowly crawled in side. The girls carefully looked out corridor. It was brightly lit. Half-covered ceramic tiles. In the center of the corridor on stood at an equal distance from all the cameras small metal table. On it there were three plastic containers with protein mixture and three bottles of water 0.5 l.

 15 dehydrated, scared women looked at this meager ration. The instinct of self-preservation fought with social norms and upbringing. There was a heavy pause. Nobody dared take the first step. The cameras recorded every micro-movement, every glance. The audience stood frozen in anticipation at their screens. Suddenly one of the girls, a Colombian named Sofia, could not stand it and rushed to table. This movement became a trigger.

The remaining 14 rushed after him. Corridor turned into chaos of bodies: screams, blows, scratches. In the cramped confines of a narrow passage The human form fell asleep instantly. The fight was not for a million dollars, but for a sip of water. The strong pushed away the weak. Someone fell and was trampled.

 Daria, using her skills, she managed to break through to the table, grab one bottle and, to jump away from someone’s nails back to my camera. She didn’t fight for food, assessing the risks of getting injuries as too high. Chaos lasted exactly 15 minutes. Then the siren howled again, and Faisel’s voice ordered everyone return to their cells, having warned, that anyone who remains in the corridor, will be eliminated by gas.

 Girls, many of whom were bruised and abrasions, some empty-handed They crawled back in horror. Doors slammed shut. The first round of the fight for survival ended, leaving most are hungry and all are without exceptions broken by awareness reality of what is happening. Video footage recovered by forensic experts from cloud storage after 2 years, allowed to restore minute by minute chronology of events that took place in bunker after the first feeding.

The next 10 days, which are in the materials the consequences are designated as the resource phase deficit, characterized rapid degradation of social norms within an isolated group. The organizers, following the sadistic scenario, did not increase the number provisions, leaving unchanged ratio: one serving to five Human.

 This created an artificial a deficit of 3,000 calories per person in per day, taking into account stress and constant wakefulness led to rapid physical exhaustion. From the third to the sixth day, the regime feeding turned into a systematic violence. The girls who initially tried agree on sharing food quickly abandoned verbal communication.

Language barrier and instinct self-preservation made any alliances impossible. The cameras recorded how more physically developed participants, such as the Ukrainian Daria and Brazilian Isabella started form an unspoken hierarchy by occupying positions closer to the doors of their cells, to have an advantage at the start opening locks.

 Those who were weaker or slower, remained without food for two or three days in a row. On the sixth day the first death occurred, which can be qualified as natural, caused by conditions content. Twenty-year-old Vietnamese citizen Lien, which has not received food since arrival and did not participate in fights for I’m going, due to my small stature and lack of physical strength, could not get up from beds at the sound of a siren.

 System telemetry connected to biometric bracelets on the wrists girls, whose presence became known known only after decryption technical server protocols, recorded a critical drop in the level glucose and subsequent cardiac arrest. The organizers did not intervene. Lien’s body lay in the cell for another 12 hours, until time for the next supply of sleeping gas, used for technical service, it was not removed employees in protective suits.

 For the remaining participants in Lien’s disappearance became a signal: help will not come, and weakness means death. On the eighth the day the level of aggression reached its peak points. The feeling of fear and hunger empathy. During the fifteen-minute windows when the cell doors were open for access to scarce water supplies and protein mixture, between the Ukrainian woman Daria and a twenty-three-year-old Moroccan woman Amira, name changed in the interests of investigation, a conflict broke out.

 Amira, which managed to grab the first one container with food, tried to open it right in the corridor, breaking the unspoken the rule is to quickly run to the cell. Daria, a professional athlete, whose cognitive functions were narrowed to survival tasks, assessed it as threat to its existence. The recording shows Daria applying a short punch to the body, knocking down the opponent from the legs, and then applies a choke reception.

 It wasn’t a fight in the state affect, it was cold, technical removal of an obstacle. After 40 seconds, Amira stopped show signs of life. Daria took the container and returned to your camera. The remaining 13 participants watched what was happening, not making attempts to intervene. Viewers of the broadcast, according to the chat log, greeted the first murder with a splash activity, and bets on Daria’s victory have tripled.

Amira’s body was disposed of in the same manner, that and Lien’s body. There are 13 survivors left. Human. From the eleventh day the character The tests have changed. Organizer Faisal moved to second phase of the experiment aimed at destruction of the psyche of survivors. Physical hunger faded into the background in the face of sensory torture.

 In the ventilation system and speakers installed in each chamber, The audio recording began to be broadcast. It wasn’t music or white noise, but looping recording of human screams, crying and sounds imitating breaking bones. The sound pressure was about 90 decibels, which made sleep impossible. The audio stream did not stop for a second.

within the next 10 days. Simultaneously with this the bunker operators began manipulate the climate system. The temperature in the chambers varied in a chaotic order with an amplitude from +5 to +40° Celsius. The sudden changes caused the exhausted girls suffer from thermal shock, vascular spasms and disturbances thermoregulation of the body.

On the thirteenth day, my psyche couldn’t take it anymore. twenty-one-year-old Filipina Maria. Sleep deprivation combined with incessant screams from the speakers led to acute reactive psychosis. The video recording captured how the girl started banging her head on the concrete the wall of the chamber, trying to block out external noise sounds.

 She was hitting herself with monotonous methodicality, until lost consciousness. Cranial The injury resulted in extensive cerebral edema. No medical assistance was provided. Death occurred 3 hours later. The number of participants was reduced to 12. After another 2 days, on the fifteenth day Elena dropped out of the fight due to confinement Romania.

 Unlike the Filipina, her the reaction to stress was complete catatonia. She froze in one pose, sitting on the floor and looking at one point. She stopped responding to opening doors, did not go out for water and food, even when she had the opportunity. The body is weakened by hunger and temperature swings, turned off consciousness as a defense mechanism.

Elena died of dehydration and heart failure on the seventeenth day. Her death was quiet and unnoticed. for the rest, until the smell of decomposition began to spread through the ventilation, forcing the rest of the participants to knock on doors with a demand to remove the body. The nineteenth day was marked by the third death in this phase.

A twenty-four-year-old Russian woman Svetlana, realizing the hopelessness situation and probably wanting to avoid the fate of being killed by others or dying Due to torture, she decided to end her life. on one’s own. Using strips of coarse fabric, which She tore herself away from it for two days of her jumpsuit and braided it into a tourniquet, She managed to construct a noose.

 Having secured it behind the ventilation grille, located under the ceiling, what is it for? I had to disassemble the plastic box with her nails, she committed suicide. Cameras observations have recorded this process from from start to finish, but the operators again did not intervened, allowing the event to take place. For the show’s viewers, this became a reason for discussions about the weakness of spirit, and Faisl in commented on this in a closed chat as natural selection.

 By the end of the twentieth There were 10 girls left alive the next day. They were on the verge of madness, exhausted, but those Those who survived adapted to the level cruelty, accepting it as the new norm existence. On the twenty-first day of the game, the rules of the game changed again. have changed dramatically.

 Faisal announced at the beginning of the stage. which he called choice. The sound torture stopped. Temperature stabilized at 22°. For the first time in 3 weeks there was silence, which after the continuous noise seemed deafening. The organizer’s voice reported that the stocks food is temporarily increased, but the quantity the number of participants should be reduced forced.

In the center of the corridor, on the same table where food appeared earlier, it was installed a complex mechanical apparatus with five cells. In each cell there was disposable syringe filled transparent liquid. Chemical analysis carried out later Interpol residue experts substances on the walls of the recycled syringes, showed that it was concentrated solution of potassium chloride, a substance used for lethal purposes injections causing instant cardiac arrest.

 The conditions of the stage were simple and monstrous. Every day in within 5 days one of the girls must was to be executed. Selecting a Victim was assigned to the participants themselves. Mechanism was next. The doors opened and the group had to make a collective decision or force one of them to accept injection. If there is no choice within 15 minutes done, the gas was released into all the chambers and everyone died.

 It was a variation of Russian roulette, but with a social subtext. On the first day of this stage, twenty the first day of general confinement, panic covered the group. Nobody wanted to die, but no one wanted to be the executioner. However the survival instinct took over. Girls, huddled together in a flock, they attacked the very the weakest of the remaining, nineteen-year-old a girl from Moldova.

 Despite her After pleading and resisting, she was tied up. Daria, who retained the greatest physical strength and composure, held hands victims, while another participant, whose name was not preserved in the reports, injected the contents of the syringe into a vein. Death occurred after 30 seconds. This scenario repeated for the next 4 days.

The psychological barrier of murder was broken. Every day the resistance the number of victims became weaker, and the effect executioners are more mechanical. The group acted as a single organism, cutting off diseased parts for the sake of survival whole. On the twenty-second day there was a participant from Colombia was executed twenty-third from Thailand, on twenty the fourth and twenty-fifth days died two more girls.

 There are still some left alive five. These five have been through it all circles of hell: hunger, cold, noise, surveillance suicides and direct participation in murders. Their human personality was completely erased, [music] giving way to animal instincts predators. By the end of the 2nd day the bunker was a place permeated with horror and the smell of death, [music] despite working ventilation.

Survivors Daria, Ukraine, Isabela, Brazil, and also representatives of Poland, Nigeria and Venezuelans were in a state of extreme combat readiness. They understood that the end is near. Faisl announced that the stage forced selection is completed. Five The finalists proved their right to life. Now they had to prove their right.

to freedom in the final test. Into the night on the twenty-sixth day the doors of the chambers opened and never closed again. Light in the corridor went out, replaced by a dim emergency red lighting. In the center of the room instead of a table with food or there was a pile of items lying with syringes: baseball bats, kitchen knives, chains and sharpened pieces of rebar.

 It has begun preparing for the final arena. Twenty On the sixth day of the experiment, the timer was on the hermetically sealed exit door stopped count down the time until the food is served and goes out. Instead, the emergency red light came on. lighting flooded the corridor and open cameras with an ominous light, hiding details, [music] but emphasizing contours.

The five surviving participants, Daria from Ukraine, Isabela from Brazil, Agnieszka from Poland, Chioma from Nigeria and Gabriela from Venezuela stood on the threshold their cameras. In the center of the corridor, on at a distance of 15 m from each, there was a pile objects intended for application fatal injuries.

 Two baseball bats, three kitchen knives with 20-inch blades see, rusty chain and sharpened piece reinforcement. There were no rules. Faisal’s Voice did not sound anymore. The only one the instruction was the situation itself, the weapon and lack of food. To survive, you need was to eliminate competitors. The first hours passed in a tense inaction.

 No one dared to rush to arms first, fearing an attack from backs. Emaciated weighing less than 45 kg each of them resembled shadows. However a thirst that hadn’t been quenched for 24 hours, forced to act. Gabriela’s first nerves gave way. She rushed to the center, grabbed the knife and tried to return to her cell. This became a signal for the others.

 It has begun a chaotic fight for resources destruction. Isabella, having the advantage of height, took possession of the bat. Daria, whose reaction, despite exhaustion, she remained professional, managed to snatch the second knife and immediately retreat to wall, taking up a defensive position. Chioma armed herself with a chain, and Ognieshka reinforcement.

 By the evening of twenty days The first blood of the final stage was shed. Gabriela, huddled in the corner of her cell, I didn’t notice how Chioma, moving penetrated inside almost silently. The Nigerian woman used a chain as a noose. The fight was short and brutal. The weakened Venezuelan was unable to unclench a link of a chain on his throat.

 Video recording recorded death from asphyxia after 4 minutes. Cheoma took the murdered woman’s knife. Now She had two weapons. There are still some left alive four. Twenty-seventh and twenty the eighth day turned into a positional war. The participants barricaded themselves in chambers, using mattresses that they issued before the final, probably for restoration of strength before the battle, like shields.

They only came out to check if the enemy is sleeping. Sleep became deadly. Daria, understanding the survival tactics, slept in 10-minute snatches, with your back pressed against to the corner, holding the knife pointed at the entrance. On the twenty-eighth day Agnieshka, whose the psyche was completely destroyed, with she ran out into the corridor screaming and rushed at Isabella’s camera.

 It was an attack kamikaze. The Polish woman inflicted chaotic blows with rebar, but the Brazilian, retaining more physical strength, met her with a blow from a bat to the body. Sound broken ribs were recorded microphones. Isabella finished off the fallen one opponent with several blows to the head. The brutality of the scene even made some viewers in a closed chat write a message about the spectacle it gets too dirty.

 But the broadcast continued. There are three left. The climax came on the thirtieth day. Dehydration has reached critical point. Daria understood that If I don’t finish everything today, she will die. from kidney failure. She went out into the corridor. Isabella and Chioma came out at the same time her. It was a tacit agreement. The finale.

Chioma, armed with a chain and a knife, attacked Isabella, hoping that Daria will remain on the sidelines. Brazilian and The Nigerian woman was entangled in a ball of bodies. Isabella received a deep cut on her shoulder, but managed to hit Chioma on the knee with a bat, crushing the joint.

 While they were killing each other friend, Daria waited. It was a calculation boxer: let opponents wear each other out friend. When Isabella, breathing heavily and flowing blood, finally stopped beating already Chioma’s motionless body, Daria did step forward. The final battle lasted just 2 minutes. Isabella, being bigger, swung the bat, but lost blood and fatigue made her move slowed down.

 Daria dove under the blow, using the remnants of muscle memory, and delivered one precise blow with a knife to the area carotid artery. Isabella fell on knees, holding his throat with his hands, and through In a minute it was all over. Daria stayed alone in the corridor among four corpses, covered in someone else’s blood, clutching it in my hand cheap kitchen knife.

 She raised her head to the surveillance camera and just looked at lens, without blinking, until lost consciousness from exhaustion. Daria woke up after an indefinite period of time time in a completely different environment. It was a sterile room, similar to private clinic. Soft bed, white sheets, a drip connected to Vienna.

 No grey walls, no screams. There was a man sitting on a chair next to expensive European suit [music] and a medical mask that hides the face. This It was not Faisal, but his intermediary. He spoke pure English, calmly and politely, as if discussing a business deal. and not the consequences of mass murder. The intermediary told Daria that she won.

 She was provided with food, restorative drugs and clean clothes. There was a bedside table black case. The man opened it. Inside stacks of US dollar cash lay neatly 1 million. A passport with a new name was lying nearby. Lithuanian citizens with a photograph of Daria, but with a different surname and date of birth. All was prepared in advance.

 However, the most the important item in the room was not the briefcase money, and the tablet, which is a man handed it to the girl. There was a video on the screen. Daria saw a familiar entrance in Kyiv. The camera moved closer to the window of the first floors. There was an elderly woman sitting in the kitchen, Daria’s mother [music] and younger brother, doing homework. The video was filmed today.

in the morning. Date and time in the corner of the screen confirmed this. Filming quality indicated that the operator was just a few meters away. “Congratulations on your freedom,” the man said, closing the tablet. The terms of your contract have been fulfilled, the money is yours, but there is an addendum to agreement.

 We know where yours lives family. We know your brother’s school. We We know your mother’s route to work. If you say a word, write it down at least a line or try to contact by the police of any country, they will die. Not fast. We will send you a video. Daria She nodded silently. She didn’t have the strength to resistance, and she knew that the threat is real.

 That same night, she, pumped up sedatives, put in a private helicopter that took her to Business jet board. The plane landed at a private airfield. in the suburbs of Frankfurt, Germany. Her dropped off at the hotel entrance with a briefcase of money and documents. She was free, rich and completely destroyed. The next 2 years of Daria’s life turned into a gray zone of existence.

She did not return to Ukraine. She was afraid, that any contact with family can to provoke the observers she Now I saw it in every passerby. Daria settled in a small German town, renting an apartment under a fake name passports. A million dollars which was supposed to be a ticket to a new life, was spent on cheap alcohol and heavy antidepressants that she bought on black market. She didn’t sleep without light.

She couldn’t be in small premises. Elevators and bathrooms caused her to have panic attacks attacks. Every night she dreamed of Isabella’s face, Chioma and that first girl Amira, which she strangled for food. PTSD developed according to the worst-case scenario. She became a recluse when going out into the street only at night to the store.

 The neighbors counted her crazy emigrant. Nobody knew that this skinny, shaking girl the woman with the dull look is the only one a survivor of the 21st century gladiatorial game. She remained silent. confident that the system created by Faisl is ideal and impenetrable. But she didn’t know that any mechanism, even the most expensive one has weak points, and often this place becomes human factor.

 The error did not occur in Dubai and not in Germany. It happened in Erriyadh, Saudi Arabia. One of sixty spectators, the young prince from a collateral branch of the royal family, died of a drug overdose in closed party time. The police who arrived at the scene acted according to protocol, confiscating all electronics. Usually such matters were hushed up, but this time once among the officers there was a man, who was not aware of the unspoken rules immunity of the elite.

 He passed on Prince’s laptop to the cybercrime department for standard verification. The technician who looked at the hard drive, discovered a hidden folder, protected complex biometric password. Hacking took a week. When the folder was opened, the technician saw not the financial reports and non-personal correspondence.

 There were 30 there video files numbered by day. File Day One started with a shot in fifteen girls in gray overalls, locked in cages. File day 30 ended with Daria. standing above corpses. This was a complete archive of the project. The Sand Cage, which is the late prince saved as a trophy for personal use revision. Realizing the scale of what he saw, the technician copied the data to an external drive.

He understood that if he reported to his superiors, then, most likely, it will disappear. He contacted through an encrypted channel contact at Europol. After 48 hours the data ended up on the desk of a special anti-trafficking agent people in The Hague. The video showed faces, names were heard, was visible the desert outside the tents at the moment arrival.

Geolocation experts have begun landscape analysis by shadows and sand type, caught on camera while unloading victims. The flywheel of international investigation started to spin, [music] but it was done in the most guarded mode secrecy so as not to scare off organizers before it happens the exact location has been established bunker.

Geolocation of the object took experts Europol and invited experts on digital intelligence 3 weeks. The key to The discovery of the bunker was not due to the IP address broadcast, which was reliably hidden behind cascade of proxy servers in Panama and Singapore. And the astronomical anomaly on one of the frames from the video archive.

In a file dated November 4, at the time unloading girls from jeeps, camera on a split second captured the horizon. Analysis the location of the stars in combination with shadows from Dunes [music] allowed to narrow the zone search up to a 50 km² square in the south parts of the Rup Elkhali desert. Comparison of satellite images for the last 3 years have revealed that in this appeared periodically in a deserted area heavy construction equipment, and Thermal imaging maps showed the presence underground heat source, characteristic

for industrial generators and systems ventilation. Diplomatic negotiations between Europol and the United Nations authorities The United Arab Emirates were at the level Foreign Ministries in the mode the utmost secrecy. Abu Dhabi, fearing a reputational blow before a major international economic forum, agreed to conducting a joint operation, [music] but subject to full information embargo until the investigation is completed.

 Storm object received in operational in the reports the code name “Nikropol” took place early in the morning of February 14, 2026 years. Joint special forces group of the police Dubai with tactical support Interpol consultants landed with helicopters at the coordinate point. On there was only an inconspicuous surface pumping station, fenced with a net.

However, under the floor of the technical room was discovered camouflaged hydraulic elevator leading to depth 12 m. When penetrating into the underground There was no resistance offered. The staff consisted of three technical Filipino workers and two security guards Sudanese, surrendered immediately.

 There was a bunker empty. The cells were cleaned with the use of industrial chemicals on chlorine-based, biologically destructive traces. However, at the far end of the corridor there are operatives behind the false wall discovered a room that was not was captured by the broadcast cameras. It was a crematorium. A small gas oven designed for the disposal of medical waste, was used to destroy bodies dead.

 Despite the staff’s efforts hide the evidence, forensic experts extracted from ash fragments of bone tissue and teeth that did not respond to complete thermal destruction. DNA analysis of these fragments later confirmed match with genetic material fourteen missing girls. The scheme’s organizer, Faisal Al-Majid, was detained 4 hours later in his penthouse in the Dubai Marina area. He did not show any signs of being arrested.

offered resistance, being confident in its inviolability. During the search, servers were seized, which Dubai’s accounting department was kept Elite Models. Financial records revealed scale of the operation. For 30 days of broadcasting total income from bets and spectator contributions amounted to 18 million dollars.

 However, the most the list became valuable evidence clients, 60 names, including European leaders were involved Hatzhfunds, Asian technology magnates and representatives of the Middle East monarchies. This list has become a major problem for investigation. Interpol’s legal department is faced with unprecedented pressure. Within a week, the evidence base in The attitude of the audience began to fall apart.

Files disappeared from secure servers, witnesses changed their testimony, and countries, whose citizens were on the list, refused extradition or interrogation, citing lack of evidence. Faisal’s trial Al-Majid and his immediate The trial with accomplices took place behind closed doors. The official reason for closing the process became a threat to national security UAE. No one was allowed into the courtroom.

journalists, not representatives human rights organizations. All information about the progress of the hearings was received through dry press releases from the Ministry justice. Faisl pleaded guilty only to organizing illegal gambling and manslaughter, claiming that the girls died as a result accidents and conflicts between himself, and he only watched.

However, the totality of evidence, including video recordings of executions, did not allow judges mitigate the sentence. Faisal received life imprisonment without parole parole. He is being held in solitary confinement in Al-Sadr maximum security prison. The fate of sixty spectators was left to chance frame of justice.

 None of the names on the list there were still no clients officially made public. There was an investigation into them suspended with the wording in connection with impossibility of establishing identity. In parallel with the trial, quiet settlement company claims from the families of the deceased. Lawyers representing interests an unnamed charitable foundation, contacted the relatives of the victims in Ukraine, Brazil, Vietnam, Romania and other countries.

 They were offered compensation in the amount of $500,000 USA to everyone. The conditions for receiving the money were strict. Signing a non-disclosure agreement, which prohibited any contact with the media, discussion of the circumstances of the daughters’ deaths and filing civil lawsuits in the future. IN in case of breach of contract, money were subject to return with a penalty of 200%.

Considering the extremely difficult financial situation the situation of most families, all 14 contracts were signed. To parents They gave out urns with ashes. In some in cases with conditional ashes, since identification of the remains was difficult, and official death certificates, where the cause was listed as an accident at work or acute cardiac failure.

Daria, the only survivor in the sand cage, was found by journalists later 3 months after the end of the trial. The trail led to a small industrial a city in the Ruhr region of Germany. She lived in an apartment on the ground floor, windows which were constantly closed tightly jalousie.

 The meeting took place in the conditions complete conspiracy. Daria agreed to speak only in private on condition that her voice will be changed, and the face is hidden in shadow. Twenty-four year old The woman looked 40. Her hands were tremoring. so strong that she could hardly held a glass of water. There were scars visible on her neck and arms, marks from the cuts she inflicted to herself in an attempt to drown out her spiritual physical pain.

During the interview, Daria confirmed the authenticity of the videos found on the computer of a Saudi prince. She spoke in short, clipped phrases, avoiding eye contact. She told that the money was the same a million dollars, she didn’t spend. They are lying in accounts that she is afraid of touch. considering them bloody.

 She lives on social benefits and part-time work as a cleaning lady, trying to be invisible to society. When asked if she felt the winner, Daria answered negatively. There were no winners, she said. She said in a colorless voice, looking at the wall. Faisal is in prison, but he is alive. Those 60 people who paid to watch us kill each other, they everyone is free.

 They are having dinner at restaurants, kiss their children in front of sleep and maybe looking for a new show. I killed four people to survive. I I remember how the bones crunch when you hit with a bat. I remember the smell of blood in a closed room indoors. I left the bunker, but I still still there. My camera just got a little larger than the size of this city.

 I’m waiting every day. I know they remember about to me. And I know that one day it will be for me they will come because I am the only evidence, which is still breathing. After the publication of this material, Daria disappeared from her apartment. Her current location unknown. Interpol officials declined to comment on her status witness protection programs.

 Bunker in The Rublkhali desert was filled with concrete court decision to prevent turning a crime scene into an object pilgrimage for lovers of the dark tourism. The Dubai Elite Models Case formally considered closed, but in Rumors continue to circulate on the darknet about the emergence of new closed auctions on exclusive reality shows with high rates, which indicates that the scheme created by Faisl was only franchise of a more global industry death.

 the scale of which remains unknown.