Evidence-based analysis and practitioner-informed research on criminal justice, prosecutorial development, transnational crime, and law enforcement capacity building in the Western Hemisphere.
An examination of current frameworks for criminal intelligence cooperation between U.S. and Latin American law enforcement agencies, identifying persistent barriers to effective information sharing and recommending institutional and technical approaches to improve cross-border collaboration.
Analysis of the mechanisms through which transnational criminal organizations recruit from vulnerable communities, with a proposed ethical framework for prevention programs that protect at-risk populations without creating surveillance risks.
An analysis of the structural and institutional barriers that undermine coordination between law enforcement investigators and prosecutors in complex transnational criminal cases, with recommendations for training, procedural reform, and technology-enabled collaboration.
A technical and policy analysis of federated approaches to criminal justice data sharing that maintain individual agency control over sensitive information while enabling the cooperative intelligence frameworks necessary to combat transnational criminal networks.
D54 Foundation's research program is driven by the questions that matter most to practitioners and policymakers working across the criminal justice system.
Analysis of criminal network structures, illicit market evolution, and the strategies organizations use to evade enforcement and prosecution across multiple jurisdictions.
Research on what makes law enforcement training, prosecutorial development, and institutional reform programs effective, sustainable, and measurable in partner-nation environments.
Assessment of how emerging technologies can strengthen — or undermine — criminal justice systems, with focus on data sovereignty, privacy, and ethical deployment.
Evaluation of community-based approaches to preventing criminal exploitation, particularly in border regions and communities targeted for recruitment by criminal organizations.
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