The general assembly hereby finds and declares that: Human trafficking constitutes a serious problem in Colorado and across the nation; Human trafficking is abhorrent to a civilized society and deserving of the most diligent response from the state; Human trafficking often involves minors who have been forced into involuntary servitude and commercial sexual activity; Human […]
As used in this part 5, unless the context otherwise requires: “Adult” means a person eighteen years of age or older. “Coercing” means inducing a person to act or to refrain from acting, if the inducement is accomplished by any one or more of the following means: The use or threat of the use of […]
A person who knowingly sells, recruits, harbors, transports, transfers, isolates, entices, provides, receives, or obtains by any means another person for the purpose of coercing the other person to perform labor or services commits human trafficking for involuntary servitude. Human trafficking for involuntary servitude is a class 3 felony; except that human trafficking of a […]
A person commits human trafficking for sexual servitude if the person knowingly sells, recruits, harbors, transports, transfers, isolates, entices, provides, receives, or obtains by any means another person for the purpose of coercing the person to engage in commercial sexual activity. Human trafficking for sexual servitude is a class 3 felony. A person commits human […]
There is created in the department of public safety the Colorado human trafficking council, referred to within this section as the “council”. The purpose of the council is to bring together leadership from community-based and statewide anti-trafficking efforts, to build and enhance collaboration among communities and counties within the state, to establish and improve comprehensive […]