While slavery and sex/human trafficking is not a topic that does not make daily headlines nor is it considered a recent trend, nor like an epidemic. This epidemic is here to stay, affecting us all over the world, almost becoming an infestation, affecting every country in the world but particularly our “perfect” society. It's so vast that it can no longer be swept under the rug, pretending and ignoring that it doesn't exist. In the fall of 2000, I received a dose of reality about slavery and sex/human trafficking. It was 5 a.m. Wednesday morning; I was at home taking care of my three day old baby. Suddenly I heard a loud noise at my front door; my dog ​​was barking. I opened the door and realized that FBI agents, police officers as well as immigration officials, were surrounding my quiet cul-de-sac. An FBI agent asked me to close my door and silence my dog. I went to a window to find out what was happening. Then I realized my neighbor's house was surrounded. Later that morning I found out that my neighbor, a family from Ghana, had a 14 year old daughter who was being used and abused as a slave. This fourteen-year-old girl entered this country on an illegal visa. She was brought to the United States under the false pretense of building a new life; go to school and work to send money to his family. His responsibilities included cleaning the house, doing light cooking, and providing company for my neighbor's children. In exchange for her duties and responsibilities, she was supposed to receive a salary and go to school. Instead, she was physically, verbally, and emotionally abused, she was not paid for the work she put in, and, middle of paper, she is very accessible to predators who continue to be at l lookout. in favor of vulnerable and defenseless women and children. If the Internet is being used to commit such horrific crimes against humanity, it should also be used as a tool to educate people around the world to be aware of those who are willing to sell children for profit. I also think that women and children who fall into the trap of human trafficking are considered victims because what they do is beyond their control. These children and women did not choose to live this lifestyle. Tougher laws must be passed to make these predators pay for the injustice they commit against women and children around the world. Labeling worn, worthless victims as trash and dirt is like being a victim again. After all, they have suffered so much abuse, which in many cases breaks their morale..