FACT: Multiple cases of labor and sex trafficking have been identified in Colorado.
FACT: Traffickers often use psychological coercion to control victims.
FACT: Transportation is not required for trafficking and is different from smuggling, which is a crime against a country, not a person. Human Trafficking is characterized by compelled work, servitude or commercial sex.
FACT: Human trafficking can occur in both illegal and legal industries such as private homes, hotels, nail salons, restaurants, bars, strip clubs, and massage businesses.
From D.A.T.A – Denver Anti-Human Trafficking. For more information, see Polaris Projects’ Human Trafficking Facts.