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Previously on Matrioshki ...

We've asked around and it seems someone's got it in for us.

But he's too yellow to say it to us.

Turn it off. - Who are you?

Police. Turn it off!

Police! Everyone stay in their seats!

Police! Come out, please!

What's so urgent?

lt's always full of Russians and we only find two!

What a coincidence!

l did warn you. - You're right. You warned us, too.

What d'you mean? - You know what.

Been in contact with Dockx recently?

No.

You know your back's to the wall? You just wait!

Good afternoon.

We can't just kick her out! - l'm not getting involved.

Just tell her she can't stay here.

Right. l'll call the police.

Lut, hold on a minute.

Can't we think of something? - l don't want whores here.

We'll think of something.

lf you don't like it, go to your mother's.

So you gave her a pair of your pyjamas as well?

Take it easy. - l can't see why l should!

lf she's not out of here today, l am.

l don't want whores here!

She's not a whore! - Of course not!

A solution, eh ...

OK?

Can't you see the girl is unhappy? Be reasonable, will you.

Have you seen this? We're in the papers again!

Women traffickers raided

How do they know all this? - Beats me.

Bloody hell! John's gonna be really pissed off!

What is he saying?

Her parents signed the contract and must pay 3,000 Euro.

What did he mean, lnesa? - What?

What happened in Vilnius?

Nothing. - Nothing at all?

You know what my father's like. He'd never sign.

So? Neither would mine! l signed it myself!

l didn't dare. - Why not?

So what did you do then?

l went to their hotel.

To talk about it. - 'To talk about it'?

You didn't go to bed with that scumbag, did you?

Did you go to bed with him?

You were a whore before you even arrived here!

You don't understand! - l do. Perfectly!

And also why you didn't mind going to the separe with those men.

l never expected this from you.

You slut!

Uncle.

Caught anything yet?

Oh, you've just come to feed 'em!

Why bother with your hook if the food simply comes flying down all around them?

Seen the newspaper today?

We're getting too soft. - Too soft? What d'you mean?

We're letting 'em make fools of us.

We've got to do something about it.

Since working with the Eastern bloc all we've had is trouble.

How long ago was the last raid on the 69?

Three years? Four years!

Remember those Filipino girls and the ones from Thailand?

Always friendly, always attentive, always smiling.

Happy to work for us. - Clients don't want slit eyes anymore.

No ... These days, they're into white meat again.

Heard from Clem?

A complaint's been filed against him. Some guy from another department.

l'm getting out, son.

Out of what? - The 69. Everything, in fact.

You havin' me on? - No, l'm not having you on.

Just because of a stupid raid?

l'm tired of the whole circus.

l'll be 62 next month.

lt's no fun anymore.

Have you told Vincent about this yet? - Not yet.

Good morning. Are you Peter Jones?

We've been informed you're sheltering an illegal immigrant.

A Russian girl.

You're aware that this is an offence? - There's nobody here.

lt was your wife who called us, sir.

l'm here on my own.

Let us take the girl. - You don't have a search warrant.

We can get one within the hour. - Right ...

Stupid fool!

Clem.

What would you do if you were in my position?

l have to pass it on to the public prosecutor.

Even the mayor phoned me!

l don't get it. How many times did l warn you?

Warned me about what?

Does your mother live on a boat owned by John Dockx?

She's lived on it for 25 years. l've worked here for 1 1 .

Yes, but something like that doesn't help your case.

How did that reporter find this out now?

That's not by chance!

What do you mean? - Come on, it's an obvious set-up!

Who do you think told him all this?

Have you got a good lawyer?

We haven't a thing against John Dockx.

Firstly: we have against Van Mechelen and Van Mechelen works for Dockx.

Secondly: that wasn't an answer to my question.

Since when have Russian whores been a priority?

Did you tip off those guys at the 69 about the raid or not?

No! How many times do l have to tell you?

OK. We're going to suspend you for three months.

You know we have no other option.

Defend your case. lf you're cleared, we'll see you get a good transfer.

Thanks.

l work there too. - What exactly do you do there?

l'm a whore, l fuck for money. That's my job.

What part don't you understand? Whore? Fuck? Or for money?

And what about the Russian girls, and those from Lithuania?

They've only been there a week.

But why are you so interested? - Oh, no reason ...

No reason?

Are they, er, whores too? - What d'you think?

l'll be right back.

But what does he really know? - Very little if you ask me.

He's trying to find out about residence permits.

Did he mention any names? - No!

Who does he know in the police?

He won't say! He thinks he's a real big shot now, with that article of his.

You should see him!

He says they're gonna clean the whole place up.

Who told him about the raid?

Ray, l told you, l don't know, he won't say!

Hello, Peter speaking.

Lut, that may well be, but going to the police ...

l don't wanna know! Do as you like!

Yes.

Oh, l knew you'd bring that up again. Hello?

Look who's there! Hello Jan!

Eddy. - l heard you've been a bad boy!

So punctual this month!

lt's all there, pal. - Yeah yeah. You old crook!

How are things around here? - Don't you read the papers?

We're having problems with those Russian bitches.

Ray is becoming far too soft. - ls he?

They just do as they please.

They wouldn't if it were up to me.

You can tell John doesn't come around as often as he used to.

ls Esther working here now? - Yeah, good for us!

Or business would be very slow in the separes!

Hello Jan. - Ray ...

And? - Not a word, pal.

Today's newspaper, l suppose that's my fault too?

l wasn't here. l was home with my leg.

How is your leg? - Bad.

Sorry. We got it wrong.

l've been thinkin' about it ... - A bit late now!

You shouldn't have put Esther in that dump of Pedro's!

l was just trying to help her out!

And Clem? - He's been suspended.

What? - Because of that newspaper article?

Well, that didn't help! - Can they prove anything?

Give a dog a bad name ....

Nico Maes ...

Want me to find out where he lives?

Good evening, sir.

We got a call from your old lady.

She told us to come and pick something up.

Go and sit somewhere else.

What's the matter? - Nothing.

Why isn't she joining us? - Ask her yourself.

Have you two quarrelled?

Will you stop it, dammit! - Why?

lt's always the same! Give the guy time to think!

Sit down in that armchair over there.

Bloody hell, Vincent!

What d'you want with that girl, anyway? Are you in love?

So why don't you tell us where she is?

Danny, is he thinking now, or what?

lt doesn't work. You can see it doesn't.

Our management invested a lot of money in that girl.

Why don't you buy her contract off us?

8,500 Euro and she's yours to do with as you please.

l haven't got that much. - We'll think of something.

You could talk to your wife.

Someone die?

What's wrong?

Have you had a fight with Daria?

How long have you known her? - We were at school together for 6 years.

Why? - l think she may be in trouble.

What do you mean?

l've been here much longer than you

so l know what'll happen next.

New girls get one month to prove themselves.

And those who don't bring in enough money or cause trouble,

get sold and then who knows where you'll end up.

Just ask lnga.

They wanted to sell us to those Dutchmen!

That wasn't serious!

Not serious? You weren't there, so you don't know.

Do you often go to the VlP room?

Not that often, but ...

lf a customer isn't too hideous, it's easy money.

Honestly.

You're all alone with the client. Nobody knows how much you charge.

So you can keep as much money as you want.

Come on, don't tell me that in Lithuania you never met someone in a pub,

whom you later went to bed with?

And the morning after you thought, ''Who's he? Yuck!''

That may have happened once maybe. But it's not the same thing ...

No? At least here you make some money out of it!

Just switch of your mind for ten minutes and collect the cash!

Really.

Mr Maes?

We'd like to have a chat with you.

Sorry, l haven't got time.

lt's none of my business, Mr Jones,

but this is an important decision.

A government loan is a good investment.

To sell now would be a real shame.

And, without being indiscrete, may l ask why you need this money so quickly?

lt's personal. - l understand, Mr Jones.

lt's none of my business.

And Mrs Jones knows about it?

Right ...

l'd also like to borrow two thousand five hundred Euro.

A loan. l'll have to put in an application.

And we will need some kind of surety.

A family member who'll stand joint surety.

And without surety? - That means more paperwork.

How long would that take? - A week or so.

Sign there, please.

Mr Maes.

l'm Raymond Van Mechelen. You don't know me, we've never met before.

But that doesn't stop you from writing about me in the newspaper, does it?

Stuff that isn't true.

The cops annoy my customers, they don't come back anymore.

So what do l do?

Send an angry letter to the paper?

Did you ask, ''Mr Van Mechelen what do you think about this?''

Or, ''ls any of this actually true, Mr Van Mechelen?''

He doesn't say much.

l'm just doing my job. - ls that so? Nice job.

Now what would you do, if you were me?

l thought, l'll talk to this man.

l think that's the normal thing to do in these situations.

l read that we make girls dance naked and shag the customers.

Girls who really don't want to.

ls your grandmother still alive?

No.

My granny is 84 years old. A sweet old dear, never hurt a fly.

She read all that too.

She called me to ask me if it was all true.

Not nice, eh?

Sorry, it wasn't my intention to ...

l could get in my car now and drive home,

but who knows what l'll read in the paper tomorrow.

Well, what should l do?

He doesn't want to talk to you, Ray.

He thinks we're idiots. - lsn't there another way to solve this?

Oh, now he wants to talk.

Oh, forget it! Never mind ...

Have fun.

Neat, eh?

Now he's angry.

What? D'you think that's amusing?

Do you think it's funny?

Come on, take your trousers off.

Well? Am l speaking some foreign language, or what?

Come on, guys ... - Take your clothes off! Strip naked!

We haven't got all day, you shite!

Further!

Further!

Stop! Turn round!

Now what, newspaper boy?

Think there'll be many at your funeral?

Will it make the front page? Eh, Danny?

Could do. lf nothin' else happens today!

lf nothin' else happens today ...

That's what l call funny!

You don't seem to.

Are you snivellin'?

Are you a man? Take a last good look around.

Danny. And me!

Lie down on your stomach!

On your stomach!

Bye-bye, Mr Maes.

Out of bullets, or what?

Bastard!

Peter, Peter my boy! What have you got yourself into?

You can't trust those Russian bitches!

Some try to hide it, but they're all whores, the lot of them!

You don't believe me?

What are you gonna do now?

Here ...

l'd put her passport with her contract.

Because, in fact, we had a deal, right?

We can't help it that you lost her, can we?

Did you bring the money?

What'll happen then? - To you or to her?

l've only got six thousand Euros. - That's not enough, is it?

The deal was for eight and a half. This is a bit of a problem, pal.

Listen, l'm going to be very reasonable.

Give me the six thousand for now. And l'll make up the two and a half.

And you come back next Friday and pay me back the rest.

With a bit of interest. You pay me three thousand.

What do you say?

That's your phone.

Aren't you going to answer it?

Peter speaking.

Well ... What are we going to do, Peter?

Are you going to pick her up or shall l?

Cheers. - Cheers.

Now what?

Here! Come here!

Come here, you!

Come here, you!

Luna!

That bitch is crazy! l hardly touched her!

Luna.

Luna.

Luna!

Anything else?

She needs help.