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Slavery
& Trafficking
in Colorado
The
horrors of trafficked
people are not a world away- they're right here in Colorado.
On average, 300 homeless
Denver youth are involved in a sex trafficking situation each night
(Urban Peak "Point in Time" public health survey, 2007).
The I-25/I-70 intersection serves as a crossroads for human trafficking and gateway for the Vegas circuit. Denver is also part of another circuit that includes Colorado Springs, Chicago and Seattle (Metro Vice, Trafficking project.blogspot, 2007).
Colorado's primary human trafficking issues involve sexual slavery, domestic slavery and forced labor. (Claude d’Estree, UN Delegate, Chair-Task Force on Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking, NPR Interview Feb. 5, 2008)
One example of the
commercial sex trade in Denver are "closed brothels." "Closed brothels"
are open only to men of a particular ethnic background, who buy tickets
to visit private residences where 4-6 girls are kept and forced to turn
25 tricks a day. (Claude d'Estree, UN Delegate, Chair-Task Force on
Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking, NPR Interview, Feb. 5, 2008)
IN THE NEWS:
Raid
of Colorado spas bares prostitution ring
Deseret News (Salt Lake City), Dec 3, 2003, by Brian D.
Crecente Rocky Mountain News