Human trafficking is one of the most widespread and worst crimes that occur around the world every day. This activity is incredibly terrifying in that it can go on almost unnoticed. Many people are either involved in that activity or are its victims, so active means of combating this type of crime are needed. One of the first steps to tackle this problem in the United States may be recognizing human trafficking as a public health issue. The paper aims to analyze this problem from a public health perspective and use a victim case study to find a solution to treat survivors. First of all, to analyze the situation, it is necessary to understand human trafficking. According to US law, human trafficking is recruiting, sheltering, and transporting people by force to coerce them into any activity (Rothman et al., 2017). This wording primarily evokes thoughts of abduction and slavery; however, victims and survivors can be utterly unnoticed in society, as is the case with Theresa Flores. The incident that happened to her is exceptionally instructive because it shows how easily individuals can be involved in such activities. Theresa’s story makes people wonder how easy it is to fall into slavery by trusting the wrong person. Her experience also sheds light on exactly how this can happen, providing invaluable knowledge of the victim and the survivor’s situation. The situation is dire in that Theresa lived in a good family with loving and influential parents (Revelation Twelve-Eleven, 2015). In other words, from the outside, it represented the complete opposite of the stereotype of a trafficking victim. People often think that only women with low social responsibility, who enjoy the attention and act accordingly, fall into sexual slavery. However, Theresa was the most ordinary child, a 15-year-old girl, when she became the victim. Her story has several key moments, the first of which is her past, background, and family situation. Despite the good relations with the parents, there was insufficient attention to children in their family. Due to the constant moving, Theresa had no opportunity to make friends or any connections anywhere. Ultimately, this led to the child’s lack of a sense of security, to the presence of a strong desire to be loved and important to someone (Revelation Twelve-Eleven, 2015). It was on these feelings that her deceiver, who is a hidden trafficker, played. This factor, according to Flores, is the key by which a potential victim can be calculated. A simple lack of love was enough to lure her into a trap, drug, and rape her. In Theresa’s case, her tormentor tied her to himself using blackmail, threatening to tell and show everyone the shameful photographs (Revelation Twelve-Eleven, 2015). Fearing her parents’ reaction, the girl continued to do whatever she was told, which ultimately led to her abduction and imprisonment, from which she miraculously managed to escape. Her example explains how this system works, which helps develop measures to prevent such cases. To link human trafficking and the field of public health, one essential condition must be met. The public health approach states that if the vulnerabilities that caused a person to be trafficked are not removed, the individual’s likelihood of falling back into it is very high. Therefore, it is necessary to identify charac