During a recent court trial of a human trafficker the judge asked the defendant why he engaged in human trafficking.
"People are so much easier (to traffic) than drugs," the man replied. "The sentencing is a lot less, and you can just kick them and they'll do what you say."
Estimates of slave numbers today range from about 10 million to 30 million, according to policymakers, activists, journalists and scholars.
In some Greek brothels, Caine said, trafficking victims who get pregnant are smuggled across the border to Bulgaria, where they give birth and the babies are sold into pedophile rings.
"You begin to wonder: How depraved can humanity get?" she said.
But rather than sink into despair, Caine, 44, decided to do something about it.
In 2008 she founded The A21 Campaign, which focuses on sex trafficking in southeastern Europe. The name derives from the goal of "abolishing injustice" in the 21st century. The task seems overwhelming, but the focus is on helping one victim at a time, Caine said.
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