I have seen evil in the world, and it does not go away because we as a society would prefer it to. It needs to be fought energetically.
Human trafficking sounds like a Hollywood crime carried out by mafiosi and transnational cartels, but the reality is up close, life-destroying and pernicious.
After 33 years as a prosecutor in Denver, I have seen the worst of it in case after horrifying case. It happens on the 16th Street Mall and on Colfax, next to our coffee shops and in plain sight. Human trafficking is organized, and it is preying on our most vulnerable children and young adults every day…