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active in the U.S. and Puerto Rico today. All use violence
to control neighborhoods and boost their illegal money-
making activities, which include robbery, drug and gun
trafficking, prostitution and human trafficking, and fraud.
Many gang members continue to commit crimes even
after being sent to jail.” 1 IBM i2 solutions can bring new
and unprecedented insight into hidden connections by
helping investigators analyze all relevant data sourced
from local police departments (crimes, arrests/warrants,
traffic stops, LPRs), State and Federal agencies including
prisons and corrections, public/private data aggregators,
and social media. Providing access to all of these data
sources, cognitive analytics can identify connections
and relationships, resolve identities and aliases, and
help expose associated networks of gangs, cartels, and
organized crime.
Another example where intelligence-led policing can
have an impact is human trafficking, one of the fastest
growing crime in the world today. Perpetrators usually
recruit victims under false pretenses, transport them across
borders, then exploit them for labor. IBM i2 solutions,
industry leading software used by law enforcement
agencies around the world, help intelligence ana lysts and
investigators to identify, collect, catalogue and correlate
patterns of recurring data associated with cases, such as
physical and Internet addresses, bank accounts, telephone
numbers and names. Automatically connecting hidden
relationships amongst the data, and visualizing those
links on digital and physical charts that can be universally
shared between investigators and law enforcement, helps
accelerate investigations and interventions. Ultimately,
regions where the sourcing of forced labor is common can
then be better educated to avoid exploitation.
Law enforcement agencies collect tremendous
amounts of data, but struggle to maximize the value of that
data. Human-led analysis and computer-driven analytics
together create actionable insight out of overwhelming
data. With effective solutions for managing, analyzing,
visualizing and sharing information, agencies can augment
traditional policing methods with more intelligence-led
approaches that help disrupt and reduce crimes. ■
Authors: Jamie Reid and Steve Dalzell, i2 threat and
intelligence analysis, IBM Security
Learn more about IBM i2 Enterprise Insight
Analysis and IBM i2 Analyst Notebook
1 - https://www.fbi.gov/investigate/violent-crime/gangs
AND https://www.fbi.gov/file-repository/national-gang-
report-2015.pdf/view
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