Stratford: What does human trafficking look like in Colorado?
By Sabrina Stratford | Guest Columnist
There are more than 49.6 million people in modern slavery today. What does that look like in Colorado?
Human trafficking is the exploitation of another person involving force, fraud, or coercion for labor or sex. Human trafficking is a crime against a person, not a border. Anyone can become a victim, no matter a person’s background or identity, but the more vulnerable a person is the more likely they are to become a victim.
At risk individuals include those living on the streets or homeless, individuals with addictions, sex workers, the LGBTQIA+ community, runaways and immigrants. At risk people are trafficked more frequently than safe and stable community members.
Sex trafficking Involves the recruitment, harboring, transportation, provis...