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Trade-Based Money Laundering: U.S. Government Has Worked with Partners to Combat the Threat, but Could Strengthen Its Efforts

GAO-20-333
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Office of the Secretary for DHS The Secretary of Homeland Security should direct the Director of ICE to develop a performance monitoring framework for the TTU program that would enable the agency to systematically track program results and how effectively it is achieving the program's goals. (Recommendation 2)
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DHS has not yet implemented this recommendation. DHS did not concur with this recommendation, stating that it cannot access foreign case information or set targets for partner countries. GAO continues to believe that the recommendation is valid. ICE released a strategic plan for the TTU program entitled "Homeland Security Investigations Trade Transparency Unit Strategic Plan for Fiscal Years 2022-2027" in April 2022. The plan includes an objective focused on performance monitoring under the "TTU strategic expansion" goal. In November 2023, ICE officials stated they were developing a web-based portal to provide increased access capabilities for all TTU partner countries. ICE stated that it planned to offer training to TTU partner countries on the new system and will ask the 19 active partner countries to provide statistics through the new system. As of October 2024, ICE stated that the new system was still not fully operational in TTU partner countries. GAO will continue to monitor the actions ICE may take to address the recommendation, including any new performance monitoring efforts ICE implements under the TTU strategic plan and the creation and implementation of the new system.
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