when lily's employer went to police asking them to find her, they refused, saying she had left voluntarily. panicked about being exposed, lily's oppressor pressured the indonesian embassy to get her out of the u.s. >> the diplomat had run to the indonesian consulate and said i will pay her what i owe her on the condition that i see her ticket going back to indonesia and that she does not speak to anyone. so i thought, well, i don't think that's acceptable. that's basically a form of blackmail. >> if you're a diplomat and you do have diplomatic immunity, there's very little the u.s. government can do to criminally prosecute you get forms of recovery. >> cindy lou says workers like lily suffer extreme abuse. if their employer happens to be a diplomat, special circumstances shield them from any kind of u.s. prosecution. it is called diplomatic immunity. it means that high-ranking foreign diplomats who work inside the united states cannot be arrested or prosecuted for criminal activity. as incredible as it sounds, some diplomats have gotten away with rape and murder in the united states. >> a