(The Center Square) – Colorado saw “peak levels” for human trafficking in 2025 even without complete data for the year, a new analysis warns.
The analysis by Common Sense Institute Colorado uses data from the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Colorado Bureau of Investigation. But the institute said the state’s data is undercounted due to data-entry lag, noting 2025 human trafficking numbers could end up exceeding record levels from 2023.
Colorado saw a record-high 107 human trafficking counts in 2023 and 88 in 2024, according to FBI data. CSI said the state ranked 13th in the nation in 2024 for highest number of trafficking cases…