Office of National Drug Control Policy
High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas
Office of National Drug Control Policy
High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas
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National HIDTA Assistance Center (NHAC)
48,142
Officer, agent, analysts, and support
staff trained by HIDTA on drug-related
subjects.
3,953
Law enforcement agencies
Participated in the HIDTA event
deconfliction systems in 2018
93,511
Arrests
22,620+
Federal agents, state,
local, and tribal law
enforcement officers,
analysts, and support
personnel took part in
846 HIDTA initiatives
67%
in 2018
Of the U.S. population
are included in a
designated high
intensity trafficking
area (HIDTA)
19.6%
in 2018
Of U.S. counties are
also included in
designated HIDTAs
With the increasing availability of
Mexican-produced methamphetamine,
the number of methamphetamine
laboratories operating in the United States
has declined sharply.
7 “Super labs”
Producing overt 10 pounds
of meth in a single “cook”
Traffickers also operate laboratories to manufacture synthetic drugs
and to convert certain substances to more potent forms of the active
ingredient, primarily marijuana into cannabis oil. Of those, HIDTA
initiatives dismantled
7 manufacturing DMT ● 4 manufacturing fentanyl
3 manufacturing PCP � 1 manufacturing MDMA,
LSD, Amphetamines and Alprazolam
.
HIDTA initiatives dismantled 137 conversion labs
That were transforming cannabis to 'honey oil," "wax, “or hashish and 17 labs
converting powder methamphetamine to crystal methamphetamine.
254,364 HIDTA deconfliction systems performed
These are event deconflictions, actions that alert agencies when their tactical operations
are occurring in the same general location and time frame as operations by other agencies
1,070,618 compared pieces of case information looking
for connections between cases.
HIDTA-funded
prosecutors indicted
10,380
individuals,
prosecuted
12,432
persons, and
obtained
6,091
convictions in
2018
27,345
Investigations
provided with
analytics supported
by HIDTA analysts
in 2020
97%
(up from 2018)
Positive results from follow-up surveys
about HIDTA training
28,502
Removed firearms off the
streets
268,687
Vape
Cartridges
3,014
Disrupted or dismantled drug
trafficking or money laundering
organizations
69%
of the DTOs/MLOs were part of
an international or multi-state operation
ROI: $68.18 for every HIDTA $1 budgeted in 2020
This equation is based off the combined value of the illegal drugs
seized and the cash and assets taken from traffickers
*excluding funding for treatment and prevention
$17.6 Bil
Wholesale value of illicit drugs removed from the marketplace
$8.2 Bil
seized in drug proceeds since 2010 by
HIDTA
8,658
Investigated drug trafficking and money
laundering organizations
4.1m
Units of fentanyl
6.5+ Tons
Heroin
HIDTA Works
The goals of the HIDTA program are to:
● Disrupt the market for illegal drugs by
dismantling and disrupting drug trafficking
and/or money laundering organizations; and
● Improve the efficiency and effectiveness
of HIDTA initiatives
Created by Congress in 1988, the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas (HIDTA)
Program coordinates and assists Federal, State, Local, and Tribal law
enforcement agencies (LEAs) to address regional drug threats with the purpose
of reducing drug trafficking and drug production in the United States.
The HIDTA program oversees 33 regional HIDTAs in all 50 states, Puerto Rico,
the United States Virgin Islands, and the District of Columbia. With HIDTA
presence in over 600 counties across the country, an estimated two-thirds of
Americans live in a HIDTA-designated county.
37,676
Apprehended fugitives
involved with drug
trafficking, violent crimes
gangs, other major crimes
Over 69%
Of those participants were
from state, local, or tribal
agencies
99%
Of agents and officers
that were surveyed,
reported that HIDTA
assistance was useful
Produced by the National HIDTA Assistance Center
Amount of illegal drugs removed from our communities
66 dismantled
Methamphetamine labs
dismantled by HIDTA
2,120 Tons
Marijuana plants and products
162 Tons
Powder cocaine and crack
110 Tons
Meth: Powder and crystal
$2.8 Billion
In “other” assets from traffickers
$827.7 Mil
Seized in Cash
Approaching 3 times the
Federal funds
appropriated
8,658
4 Tons
Fentanyl powder
1000+ Lbs
Prescription drugs
Extracted from the 2021 HIDTA Program Summary.