Case Study: United States Department of Justice Criminal Division achieves effective US–Mexico border coordination to counter drug cartels with TransPerfect interpretation services

United States Department of Justice Criminal Division - Customer Case Study

The United States Department of Justice Criminal Division was encountering critical communication barriers between Mexico and the U.S. that were impeding coordination against aggressive drug cartels along the border. To support covert bilateral meetings and improve operational coordination, the Criminal Division engaged TransPerfect to provide professional simultaneous and consecutive interpretation services.

TransPerfect assembled a vetted team of certified Mexican Spanish interpreters—U.S. citizens with clean backgrounds—drawing on its global linguist network and providing the necessary technical equipment to coordinate between offices in Nuevo Laredo and Laredo. TransPerfect’s interpreters performed to the Criminal Division’s highest satisfaction, enabling secure, effective cross‑border communication that advanced coordinated enforcement actions and continues to support the Division’s ongoing operations.

United States Department of Justice Criminal Division