From 2004 to 2005, M.M. was a victim of human trafficking. In October 2004, she met three men (M.G., Z.O., G.B.) who encouraged her to go with them to Sweden and work there as a prostitute. They guaranteed that she would be able to keep all the money earned for herself.

M.M. worked as a prostitute in Sweden, Norway and Denmark. Her money earned was always in the possession of the above mentioned men. Finally, all three men were arrested. M.M., after having testified as a victim of human trafficking, came back to Poland. Her testimony was incriminatory for M.G., Z.O. and G.B.

In 2006, D.G., after serving his punishment, returned to Poland. He met with M.M. and assured her that he had changed. At the same time he encouraged her to return with him to Sweden or Norway. He also proposed that she should find other women who would like to work as  prostitutes. M.M. met with E.C. and offered her a trip to Sweden. M.M. guarantied her that she could keep all the money earned. E.C. was aware that she would work as a prostitute, but M.M. concealed from her how she had been treated in years 2004-2005, i.e. by D.G.

In the fall of 2006, M.M. and E.C. left to Norway. Their trip was financed by D.G. E.C. immediately started to work as a prostitute. D.G. and M.M. kept all her money for drugs for both of them. The victim was held in a flat rented by D.G. She was only allowed to contact D.G., M.M. and her clients. She was browbeaten and subjected to physical and psychological violence. D.G. beat her twice. She often starved, but she never asked for food because of her fear of D.G. M.M. Both offenders permanently induced E.C. to prostitute.

After some period of time, D.G. and M.M. left and “passed" E.C. to a man called Husajn E.C. worked under his supervision. Finally, he allowed her to come back to Poland. At the same time, D.G. and M.M. left to Denmark where M.M. was prostituting to gain money for drugs for both of them. After some time, they both moved to Sweden where they met with G.B. (mentioned above). G.B. demanded that M.M. change the incriminating statements concerning facts form the years 2004-2005 as another criminal proceeding against him had already been in progress in Poland. M.M. claimed that she was beaten by G.B. and this, along with threats of killing her and her family, made her change her previous statements. M.M. went back to Poland and on 7 September 2007 she gave her testimony claiming that she didn’t know G.B. and in years 2004-2006 she had been prostituting of her own free will since she needed money to buy drugs only for herself. In comparison with other pieces of evidence, her statement was found untrue.