Yes, we obviously have good information sharing with people.
In terms of digital tools, we're using AI a bit to triage and suck information out for us in order to identify where people are, but the main way we find people who have gone underground or who are difficult to locate is through some good old-fashioned investigative work: asking questions, a bit of surveillance and following the trail a little. One of the things we've changed is trying to understand where the person is working, because it's much easier for us to look someone up at work. It also allows us, then, to have evidence to prosecute the offending employer.
In terms of digital tools, we don't really have anything special. We just have a case management tool that allows us to keep and record information. We do data-matching with some other agencies, which allows us to see where a wanted person may have touchpoints with other government agencies.
We have a lot of liaison with groups that represent diasporas in New Zealand. It's our experience that the various groups that represent the ethnic diasporas in New Zealand are very anti others who don't stick to the rules. More often than not, they will hand them over. They do the right thing, because they feel these people are doing a disservice to their culture.
