We can’t imagine turning our backs on a vulnerable person in obvious distress — no one expects to turn away from a bully targeting a child in a schoolyard, from a thief scoping out an unaware victim, or an employer endangering workers in unsafe conditions. But when exploitation is less recognizable, less in our faces, it is harder to do the right thing.

Such is the case with human trafficking, because this horrific human rights crime is often not blatant or out in the open. The fact is, it is too easy to overlook modern slavery’s victims, because they are often hidden, even in plain sight.