arwa damon, cnn, benin city, nigeria. >> and that's it for our program tonight.you for joining me for this edition of "amanpour on pbs." goodbye from london, and see you next time. ♪ >> "amanpour" on pbs was made possible by the generous support of rosalind p. walter. ♪ >> you're watching pbs. [jazz music] ♪ ♪ [projector & typewriter] [ding] - narrator: on story is brought to you in part by the alice kleberg reynolds foundation, a texas family providing innovative funding since 1979.

the vast majority come from here, benin city, where the economy runs on remittances from abroad, andgularly approached with false promises. you trusted him? >> yes, very much. i trust all the times. there are things i tell you i don't tell my parents. >> reporter: she is talking about her deputy pastor who told her he had a vision from god that she traveled overseas. then he said his sister in russia could get her a job in a hair salon. sandra went willingly, but for added insurance, he took items from her. >> my pants, my bra, the hair from my head, my armpit and my private part. he said it is a form of our dreaming so when i get there, i'm not going run with the money. >> reporter: when she arrived in russia, the sum was more than she could ever have imagined. >> the first thing she did, she took away my passport. unless i finish paying her money for $45,000. >> reporter: $45,000? >> that's what she said. >> reporter: and the only way to pay that off was prostitution. bound by the spirits in a strange city for the next three years, sandra's life was hell. she lost count of the men

on monday, arwa damon speaks to a young nigerian woman from benin city that is where thousands of peoplebeen trapped with false promises of safe passages to europe. it is the first piece in our in depth five part series. >> you trusted him. >> yes, very much. i trusted him. most of the time i don't -- >> sandra is talking about her deputy pastor who told her he had a vision from god that she traveled overseas. then he said his sister in russia could get her a job in a hair salon. when she arrived in russia, it was more than she ever could have imagined. >> she took away my passport. unless i finish paying money for $45,000. >> $45,000? >> yes. that is what she said. >> the only way to pay that off was prostitution. >> tune in to cnn on monday to see the rest of this woman's story. the story at 8:00 a.m. in london, 3:00 a.m. here on the u.s. east coast, only on cnn. >>> still ahead here on "cnn newsroom," a closer look at michael flynn's guilty plea and what it might mean for donald trump's future. you're watching "cnn newsroom," live from atlanta, georgia, this hour, simulcast on cnn.s.