REPORTER & PHOTOGRAPHER: Mimi Chakarova

CO-PRODUCERS: Mimi Chakarova and Carrie Ching

PROJECT ADVISORS: Robert Rosenthal and Lydia Chavez

VIDEO EDITOR: Carrie Ching

PRINT EDITOR: Lydia Chavez

WEB DESIGN: Julie Johnson

WEB PRODUCER: Carrie Ching

WEB DEVELOPMENT: AF83

ON-LOCATION VIDEO: Nadia Strakova and James Buck

PROJECT INTERNS: Julie Johnson and Carmel Wroth

TRANSLATION: Cristina Andoni (Romanian & Russian), Laura Vlad (Romanian) and Yulia Weeks (Russian)

MUSIC: Sofia Vicoveanca (Jenea), Folk Scat (Aurica), The Russian Orthodox Male Choir (Corina), Andrei Krylov (Olesea)

PROJECT SUPPORT: The Gruber Family Foundation, The Shifting Foundation, Magnum Photos Inge Morath Award

This project would not have been possible without the support of the following individuals and organizations: Ian and Rita Isaacs, Linda Gruber, Lindsay Dunham, David Breskin, David Logan, Allen and Julie Benello, James Carruthers, Maurice Kanbar, Mark Boyer, Steve Derby, Craig Albert, Brian Feltzin, Andrew Martin, Tracey Brownfield, Laura Curtin, Charlyn Belluzzo, The Center for Investigative Reporting, PBS’ FRONTLINE/World, The Graduate School of Journalism and the Townsend Center for the Humanities at the University of California at Berkeley, The International Organization for Migration, La Strada and USAID.

Also special thanks to the following individuals in Moldova and other locations abroad & at home: Cristina Andoni, Ana Revenco, Lilia Gorceag, Viorel Gorceag, Martin Wyss, Irina Todorova, Ion Vizdoga, Nadia Strakova, Mark Shapiro, Kelly Cronen, Ahmed Elewa, James Sandler, Jenny Clark, Joe Davidson, Christa Scharfenberg, Milt Wallace, Cherilyn Parsons, Mark Rabine and Susan Meiselas.

A PROJECT OF THE CENTER FOR INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING

Dedicated to my mother.