DHS Needs to Better Demonstrate Its Efforts to Combat Illegal Wildlife Trafficking

Due to DHS’ absence of performance measures for combating wildlife trafficking, as well as limited data from U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), we reported on the findings for immediate action, rather than expanding our audit work. DHS could not provide any performance measures and provided only limited data to demonstrate the full extent or effectiveness of its efforts to enforce wildlife trafficking laws.