Drug and human trafficking are the first and second largest criminal industries in the world – globally estimated at respectively $650 billion and $236 billion annually.

Locally drug dealers have now found it more profitable to buy & sell trafficked drugs than to manufacture them, thus providing an avenue for fentanyl-laced drugs.

Our drug addiction epidemic has increased the need for out-of-home placement of children and foster homes.

Human trafficking has been reported in all 50 states, with the average age of a U.S. victim being 12 years old. Sadly, it is reported among Rockbridge residents.

Worldwide an estimated 50 million men, women & children are currently enslaved.