2014
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION 14-012
       
       
       BY SENATOR(S) Kefalas and Newell, Crowder, Todd, Zenzinger,
       Aguilar, Balmer, Baumgardner, Brophy, Cadman, Grantham, Guzman,
       Harvey, Heath, Herpin, Hodge, Jahn, Johnston, Jones, Kerr, King,
       Lambert, Lundberg, Marble, Nicholson, Renfroe, Rivera, Roberts,
       Scheffel, Schwartz, Steadman, Tochtrop, Ulibarri, Carroll;
       also REPRESENTATIVE(S) McCann, Conti, May, Stephens, Becker,
       Buck, Buckner, Coram, Court, DelGrosso, Dore, Duran, Everett, Exum,
       Fields, Fischer, Foote, Garcia, Gardner, Gerou, Ginal, Hamner, Holbert,
       Hullinghorst, Humphrey, Joshi, Kagan, Kraft-Tharp, Labuda, Landgraf,
       Lawrence, Lebsock, Lee, McLachlan, McNulty, Melton, Mitsch Bush,
       Moreno, Murray, Navarro, Nordberg, Pabon, Peniston, Pettersen,
       Primavera, Priola, Rankin, Rosenthal, Ryden, Saine, Salazar, Schafer,
       Scott, Singer, Sonnenberg, Swalm, Szabo, Tyler, Vigil, Waller, Williams,
       Wilson, Wright, Young, Ferrandino.
       
       
          CONCERNING HUMAN TRAFFICKING AWARENESS
       ADVOCACY DAY. 
       
       
          WHEREAS, Human trafficking is the fastest growing criminal
       industry in the world, second only to drug trafficking, with an estimated
       annual global income of $32 billion dollars; and
       
          WHEREAS, According to the Trafficking in Persons Report, 2012,
       produced by the U.S. Department of State, approximately 27 million
       adults and children worldwide are trafficked across international borders
       and forced into labor and sexual exploitation; and
       
          WHEREAS, In the U.S. between 100,000 and 300,000 children are at
       risk for sexual exploitation, with an average age of 12 to 14 years old; and
       
          WHEREAS, It is estimated that 76 percent of transactions for sex with
       underage girls start on the internet; and
       
          WHEREAS, Between January 1, 2012, and December 31, 2013, the
       FBI Rocky Mountain Innocence Lost Task Force accomplished the
       following:
       
               Led 93 and assisted in an additional 37 sex trafficking and
               commercial sexual exploitation of children investigations;
       
               Arrested 31 people for pimping and trafficking-related offenses
               and 19 people for patronizing a prostituted child and sex assault on
               a child;
       
               Pursued 193 tips from the National Center for Missing and
               Exploited Children and an additional 254 tips from citizens, law
               enforcement agencies, prosecutors, department of human services
               personnel, victim advocates, and many others;
       
               Trained over 7,300 people about human trafficking and
               commercial sexual exploitation of children, providing a total of
               nearly 275 hours of training; and
       
               With the assistance of local law enforcement partners, recovered
               110 juveniles.
       
          WHEREAS, Among the diverse populations affected by human
       trafficking, children are particularly at risk of involvement in sex and
       labor trafficking, especially those children who reside in the child welfare
       system; and
       
          WHEREAS, Traffickers prey upon children and youth with low
       self-esteem and minimal social support, traits that tend to be highly
       prevalent among young people who are homeless or those in foster care
       due to their history of abuse, neglect, and trauma; and
       
          WHEREAS, One study shows as many as 50 to 85% of sexual
       trafficking victims are individuals who have previously lived or currently
       live in the child welfare system; and
       
          WHEREAS, Runaway, homeless, LGBTQ, and child welfare youth
       are especially vulnerable to the recruitment and control tactics of human
       traffickers; and
       
          WHEREAS, As a result of the diverse systems that touch these
       children's lives, professionals in the child welfare, law enforcement,
       treatment, nonprofit, and faith-based communities must collaborate to
       develop a multi-disciplinary response to protect victims of child
       trafficking; now, therefore,
       
          Be It Resolved by the Senate of the Sixty-ninth General Assembly of
       the State of Colorado, the House of Representatives concurring herein:
       
          That the General Assembly, in recognition of Human Trafficking
       Awareness Advocacy Day on February 20, 2014, will build upon the
       "4Ps" Prevention, Protection, Prosecution, and Partnerships as set
       forth by the United Nations, which are utilized by the United States
       federal government and serve as a framework for the Laboratory to
       Combat Human Trafficking's Colorado Project to Comprehensively
       Combat Human Trafficking (Colorado Project).
       
                    Be It Further Resolved, That copies of this Joint Resolution be sent to
       Governor John Hickenlooper, Attorney General John Suthers, and  Betty
       Edwards, founder of the Human Trafficking Task Force of Southern
       Colorado.
       
       
       
       
       
       ____________________________  ____________________________
       Morgan Carroll                       Mark Ferrandino
       PRESIDENT OF                    SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE
       THE SENATE                        OF REPRESENTATIVES
       
       
       
       
       
       
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       Cindi Markwell                        Marilyn Eddins
       SECRETARY OF                CHIEF CLERK OF THE HOUSE
       THE SENATE                        OF REPRESENTATIVES