Let’s end human trafficking in Colorado
Laboratory to Combat Human Trafficking
Human trafficking is a human rights abuse happening right here in Colorado.
Human trafficking is a severe form of exploitation involving force, fraud, or coercion for labor or sex. At the Laboratory to Combat Human Trafficking (LCHT), we work alongside communities across Colorado to prevent exploitation, strengthen responses, and connect survivors with support.
Hotline calls and texts received since 2018
Active anti-trafficking volunteers
People trained on human trafficking
Leadership Development Program alum
2025 Gratitude Report
In a year of real uncertainty, LCHT’s community of support ensured that survivors across Colorado could still reach a trained advocate, that professionals received the training they needed, and that the next generation of human rights leaders kept growing.
This report is a reflection of the impact that generosity made possible in 2025.
What Is the Troubled Teen Industry and How Does It Relate to Human Trafficking?
In recent years, survivors, journalists, attorneys, and policymakers have been raising serious concerns about abuse and exploitation within the Troubled Teen Industry (TTI). In some cases, they argue that what happened to young people may have met the legal definition of labor trafficking.
What Is the Troubled Teen Industry and How Does It Relate to Human Trafficking?
In recent years, survivors, journalists, attorneys, and policymakers have been raising serious concerns about abuse and exploitation within the Troubled Teen Industry (TTI). In some cases, they argue that what happened to young people may have met the legal definition of labor trafficking.
Your support helps end human trafficking.
Together we can end exploitation.
Since 2005, the Laboratory to Combat Human Trafficking (LCHT) has been a leader in the movement to end human trafficking in Colorado.
We lead statewide training, conduct community-based research, operate Colorado’s 24/7 Human Trafficking Hotline, and develop future human rights leaders.
Our Stories
What’s Shaping Anti-Trafficking Today
A Special Farewell to Craig Nason
Join us in saying goodbye to Craig Nason, who is leaving LCHT staff after ten years of serving as the Development and Communications Director.
Partnership is Prevention: How One LGBTQ+ Organization Is Helping End Human Trafficking in Colorado
This Pride Month, the Laboratory to Combat Human Trafficking is spotlighting Loving Beyond Understanding, an LGBTQ+ organization serving Colorado’s Western Slope.
Wealth Is Not What You Keep: A Conversation with Josie Heyano on Exploitation, Care, and Community
Josie Heyano reminds us that exploitation does not happen in a vacuum and that healing is possible when people feel seen, valued, and supported.