Liberia: a country devastated by civil war, where corruption is part of daily life, is also a state with no custom authorities. All kind of trafficking is found there, particularly human trafficking.

Célhia de Lavarène is sent by the UN to Monrovia, the capital, to dismantle the prostitution network with the help of a team of international police officers.

She is confronted right away by all kinds of problems. First she must first paradoxically fight against the UN itself in order to obtain her team’s minimum needs: offices, cell phones, cars, no to mention the general unwillingness to help. Then most crucial problem is the fate of the victims, once they are released: teenage girls, stolen from their families or sometimes sold by them, who have been raped, drugged, and traumatized for ever. Who will take care of them?

Tenacious and driven by rage, the author overcomes these obstacles. She locates the Sugar Club, the place where all Monroviacomes to abuse these young girls from North Africaand Eastern Europe. In a few hours, the girls are freed.

The discovery is shocking: amongst the clients are public officials, diplomats, humanitarians, and UN officials.

Then the team becomes the target of pressure and threats. Célhia de Lavarène returns to New York. The next day, the Sugar Club reopens its doors.