Colorado Human Trafficking Hotline
1-866-455-5075
Human Trafficking is modern-day slavery
Ask the right questions and look for clues. You are vital because you may be the only outsider with the opportunity to speak with a victim. There are safe housing, health, food, income, employment and interpretation services available to victims, but first they must be found.
What is Human Trafficking?
- A form of modern-day slavery
- Involves the exploitation of persons for commercial sex or forced labor
- Victims may be illegal immigrants, legal immigrants, or U.S. citizens (homeless, substance-addicted persons, or teenage runaways
- Often involves crossing an international border but does not require moving a victim
- Traffickers use FORCE, FRAUD, or COERCION to control their victims
- Can be prosecuted on a variety of grounds
What People Are Trafficked For?
- Prostitution
- Exotic dancing
- Servile marriages
- Agricultural work
- Landscape work
-Domestic work and child care ("domestic servitude")
- Factory work
- Personal sexual exploitation
- Begging/street peddling
- Restaurant work
- Construction work
- Carnival work
- Hotel housekeeping
- Criminal activities
-Day labor
How to recognize a victim of human trafficking:
-Evidence of being controlled
-Evidence of inability to move or leave a job
-Bruises or other signs of physical abuse
-Fear or depression
-Not speaking on own behalf and/or non-English speaking
-No passport or other form of identification or documentation
Question that might help you identify a trafficking victim:
-What type of work do yo do?
-Are you being paid?
-Can you leave your job if you want to?
-Can you come and go as you please?
-Have you or your family been threatened?
-What are your working and living conditions like?
-Where do yo sleep?
-Do you have to ask permission to eat/sleep/go to the bathroom?
-Are there locks on the doors/windows so you cannot get out?
CoNEHT (Colorado Network to End Human Trafficking)
WHO TO CALL...
For Victim Service Referrals
Prax (us) 720-317-7009
COVA - Colorado Organization for Victim Assistance 303-996-8087
For Human Trafficking Screenings requested by Law Enforcement & Service Providers
Prax (us) 720-317-7009
Rocky Mountain Immigrant Advocacy Network (RMIAN) 303-433-2812 x 105
For Community information & training requests
Polaris Project Colorado 720-227-0542
Colorado Regional Community Policing Institute 303-239-4476
Colorado Task Force to End Human Trafficking Diagram
For more information on Human Trafficking visit
If you think that someone is a victim of trafficking, call the National Human Trafficking Resource Center 1.888.3737.888