On watch for America's children.
Veterans For Child Rescue brings military and law-enforcement experience to the fight against trafficking in the United States.
Veterans For Child Rescue
Prepared long before the call.
Planning with agencies, training with partners, and investigative work that identifies offenders early.
Every outcome depends on the work before it.
Coordinated operations led by law enforcement, supported and documented by the V4CR team.
Impact, as published by V4CR
Every number here is defined and dated.
53
Arrests
Arrests from operations V4CR supported alongside law enforcement partners.
160
Warrants
Warrants reported by V4CR across those operations.
100%
Conviction rate
As published by V4CR. Pending cases carry their own status on the operations page.
3,700+
Potential victims protectedEstimate
An estimate based on an assumed number of potential victims per offender.
Figures as published on vets4childrescue.org, reviewed October 27, 2026. Some cases remain in progress, so each operation update carries its own status.
Read the operation updatesEvery outcome depends on the work before it.
V4CR does not act alone. Its role is to bring experience, preparation and documentation to operations that law enforcement leads.
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Plan with the right partners
Work begins with the agencies and prosecutors who will carry a case, so every step holds up later.
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Prepare and train
Teams train with partner agencies before an operation, not during one.
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Investigate
Investigative work that identifies offenders early.
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Support coordinated operations
V4CR supports joint operations led by law enforcement and documents them for the record.
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Organize the evidence
Evidence is handed off cleanly and the team supports prosecutors through to a verdict.
A lifetime of service. A mission to protect children.
Craig Sawyer founded Veterans For Child Rescue in April 2017 after a career that ran from the U.S. Marine Corps to the Navy SEAL teams and the Federal Air Marshal Service. The team he built pairs that experience with investigators, educators and volunteers who put it to work for children.
The documentary
Watch Contraland. Then share it.
V4CR's free documentary on trafficking in the United States, produced by Craig Sawyer. Also available as a 35-minute abridged cut, two short law-enforcement editions, and with Spanish and French subtitles.
Protection begins with understanding.
Practical guidance for parents, teachers and coaches. In an emergency, call 911.
What trafficking looks like in America
The forms it takes, who is targeted, and the myths that keep families from seeing it, from NCMEC.
Signs to recognize
The indicators families most often miss, from the DHS Blue Campaign.
Internet safety at home
Practical settings, app checks and conversations for every age.
How to safeguard children
A plan for parents, teachers and coaches.
Search the national offender registry
Check the public registry for your neighborhood on NSOPW.gov.
Report a concern online
The NCMEC CyberTipline takes reports 24 hours a day, every day.
Call 1-800-THE-LOST
The NCMEC hotline, 24 hours a day. In an emergency, call 911.
A safer future takes continued care.
Rescue is only the beginning. V4CR works alongside allies focused on prevention, healing and long-term support: Rancho Milagro, Sold No More, Soul Survivor, The Ranch, United 2 One.
Five things you can do this week
Volunteer applications are currently closed. The volunteer page lists other ways to help in your community.
Your support makes the work possible
Help fund the work that makes protection and rescue possible.
Your contribution helps sustain investigations, operations with law enforcement, training, and the education that equips people to protect children. Monthly gifts let the team plan the work ahead.
Veterans For Child Rescue, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, Tax ID 82-1243908. Annual financial filings are published on the financials page.
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