January is National Human Trafficking Awareness month, and while Hollywood often projects images of kidnappings and victims being tied up, the truth is surprising and eye-opening. What can we do to make the world a better place? Eighteen miles west of Eaton is the City of Fort Collins, where police say sex trafficking is prevalent.
But, if it can happen to me - it is absolutely happening to further marginalized individuals. The problem is so pervasive, financial institutions like Western Union are tracking the movement of dirty money, daily.
I want to make Fort Collins the most hostile community in Colorado for this to occur. In the past few months, Fort Collins has conducted 10 stings and charged men for crimes related to trafficking.
They know where to go. So, we are bringing awareness and showing people what it looks like when it does happen. Lundstrom has now started her own nonprofit called Free Our Girls , a network of exploited women and men and their journey to freedom from exploitation and trafficking. Crime Crime. Actions Facebook Tweet Email. By: Russell Haythorn.
Exploited for sex while her children were asleep in another room. Doris Meeker is the cook and baker who first had a vision for the coffee shop. Knab said domestic human trafficking looks much different than the movies. Police are, too. Knab recently posed as a young girl online and got hundreds of text messages.
