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From Gang Violence to Human Trafficking,
Investigative and Intelligence Analysis Technology
Can HELP YOU Combat Crime
U
nlike your favorite TV crime show, discovering
clues for complex crime rings takes a lot more time
than an hour. Investigative analysis is a detailed
tradecraft where the clues to solving crimes often span
numerous sources of information in multiple locations. As
a result, law enforcement agencies are often challenged
to quickly uncover insights during time sensitive
investigations. IBM i2 intelligence solutions enable law
enforcement crime analysts to make use of disparate
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datasets and multi-dimensional visual analyses to improve
their efficiency and help reduce crime by developing
comprehensive views of the connections between people,
places, technology, criminal activity, and more.
Violent crimes continue to rise throughout North
America and related gang activity is spreading throughout
both urban and rural areas of the United States. “Some
33,000 violent street gangs, motorcycle gangs, and prison
gangs with about 1.4 million members are criminally