DHS launches child welfare initiative to locate at-risk migrant children placed with unvetted sponsors, uncovering cases of abuse, exploitation, and labor trafficking.

Most police forces and social services now have strategies to combat what is now termed “child sexual exploitation” and no longer talk in terms of child prostitution.

Douglas County sheriff's detectives arrested a 33-year-old Castle Pines man and a 28-year-old woman from Centennial in connection with the investigation, which the sheriff's office says is ongoing.