# Who is responsible for work arranged through an intermediary? An agency offered work, a transporter brought the worker, and someone else gives instructions. This article is for people trying to understand these roles and obligations without assigning identical powers or knowledge to everyone. Its main example is fictional adult Marina within one country; a cross-border variant is separate, and her contract, status and the existence of crime are unestablished. - How does job matching differ from agency employment for a third company? - Why does transportation not establish knowledge of all conditions and participants? - What questions change when recruitment crosses a border? - Why does gratitude not make every later demand from an intermediary unlimited? The [full article](ARTICLE_EN.md) distinguishes instructions, payment, legal duties and actual outcomes. A lawful agency is not called a criminal network; norms do not automatically cancel every debt, guarantee help or select a safe refusal/exit. The later stage is conditional, with no rapid restoration promised; earlier help does not make every old connection safe or require immediate contact. ---