(CNN)The first time Marija Lukic met her former boss, he locked the office door, groped her, and forcibly kissed her on the lips, she said.
It was June 2015, and the married mother-of-two had come for a job interview with the powerful head of Brus municipality, located 240 kilometers south of the Serbian capital Belgrade, hoping that her education and work experience would get her hired.
“I felt so angry and told him I won’t sleep with him to get the job. I asked him to unlock the door so I could come out. I told him — forget about this, I don’t need this job, I don’t need anything,” Lukic told CNN.