The purpose of these meetings is to promote the use of DNA in criminal investigation and to strengthen the use of technological and scientific tools that increase the success of judicial institutions in the search for truth and the clarification of crimes.

Suspect in 1989 murder identified with world’s smallest DNA sample

The objective of this event was to open a public debate on the use of criminal DNA databases and the advantages of using the genetic fingerprinting of victims and perpetrators to increase criminal prosecution and reduce impunity.

One of the women murdered in 1983 in Toronto was Susane Tice, a social worker and mother of four teenage children, who was found dead in the second-floor bedroom of her home with multiple stab wounds to the chest.

A US man who spent nearly four decades in prison for murder has been released after new DNA evidence pointed to a different person.

Gordon Thomas Honeywell-DNA through the project “Justicia Forense – DNA Latin America” signs a Memorandum of Understanding with the Province of Santa Fe, Argentina.

The National Service of Legal Medicine of Ecuador led the international webinar “Forensic DNA at the Service of Justice in Ecuador”

In August 2022, Honduras began the political debate with the presentation of a law that will regulate the creation of a criminal DNA database in the country. It has the support of relevant actors in the judicial sector at the national level and international assistance from Gordon Thomas Honeywell DNA:

On October 11 of this year, the Institute of Legal Medicine and Forensic Sciences – IMELCF of Panama celebrated the approval and implementation of its new DNA Database Manual.

The activity was led by the head of the JxC interbloc in the Senate, Alfredo Cornejo, who highlighted that “the genetic registry is indubitable proof”, and the deputy Juan Martín. The initiative, which is based on the Mendoza experience, seeks to “generate the largest possible genetic bank to legally suppress crimes.”