Entity Resolution for Global Trade Data
Description
The AI is intended to solve the problem of investigators having to manually piece together fragmented global trade and supply chain data from many sources, which makes it difficult to see relationships among entities and identify potential leads in transnational criminal investigations.
Detailed example
The platform uses AI Machine Learning (ML) models for data collection, data structuring, entity resolution, network analysis, and risk assessment. These ML processes contribute to the platform’s output, a dynamic knowledge graph and user-friendly interface for global supply chain research.
AI / analytics pattern
Classical/Predictive Machine Learning: Models trained on data to make predictions or classifications based on identified patterns or relationships.
Automation level / stage
c) Deployed – The use case is being actively authorized or utilized to support the functions or mission of an agency.
Expected benefit
This platform improves Homeland Security Investigations' ability to validate existing information, understand complex supply chain networks, and to generate leads in transnational criminal investigations.
Audit / financial statement impact
Although the use case falls into a presumed high-impact category related to law enforcement investigations, it does not meet the high-impact definition as its outputs do not directly serve as a principal basis for enforcement actions or regulatory decisions. Instead, the AI-generated knowledge graph provides a foundation for further human-led investigation, requiring source validation through separate processes. This delineation ensures that the AI output remains a supportive rather than a determinative factor, disqualifying it from the high-impact AI system category.
Controls / human review
ATO: No; PIA: Not published
Data needed
The platform’s machine learning models were trained and evaluated by the vendor using its own datasets, which are derived from public and commercially sourced trade and logistics records (such as customs declarations, bills of lading, and shipment data from air, rail, and sea carriers). Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) does not provided any ICE or HSI investigatory data to the vendor to develop, training, test, or operate the platform models.