The current project is going to end in June, but the project has been ongoing and we're in phase two of it, so we've been working in some of these countries for about six or seven years. We work in the three countries: Guatemala, El Salvador, and Honduras. We had been doing work previously in Guatemala.
We collect a lot of evidence of results, and we do it in different ways. The best results are in Guatemala because that's where we're most advanced. We have the proof around the conviction rate going from basically 2% to 5% and now up to 30%. We have all that information. We collect the results in different ways. We collect it by statistics, but we also collect it by trying to look at, as we're doing training, whether that training is resulting in evidence that is being used in specific cases that are going to trial, and whether those cases are resulting in convictions.
In the case of the ballistics information, we're finding out how many cases they've actually been able to get hits on and to then produce the information and pass the information over to the prosecutors. Also, then, is that evidence being used in trial? That's how we do our evaluation. Every now and then we have another case that comes up where they've used the evidence, and we can justify that and show that the evidence was functional.
Results-wise, Guatemala would say that Canada is the preferred partner and that we've probably done, I think, the most to help in this process. I think we're making good progress. Of the three countries, Guatemala, El Salvador, and Honduras, Honduras is the most challenging. We've had to deal with the instability.
That said, we have a lot of examples of evidence where we can say that we are making a difference. I think we're not where we need to be. I think Honduras is not where this needs to be. I think it's going to take at least another five years to consolidate this investigative agenda, and then, of course, you're looking at the need to roll it out in the whole country. The problem is that we're dealing with a lot of numbers. If you deal with a country like Honduras, you're probably dealing with about 600 prosecutors, and they all have to be trained. Then you have the technicians. You have all the other players and, of course, there's the work with the judiciary.
I think our work is being acknowledged internationally as being very effective, but that said, there's a lot to do.