| While Mexican drug cartels
seize unprecedented control of the southwest border, the
frontline Homeland Security agency charged with safeguarding the U.S. fails
to regularly conduct outbound inspections that could disrupt the
Transnational Criminal Organizations (TCO). The checks for traffic
departing the country at ports of entry (POE) would be detrimental to the
illicit operations because they prevent illegal exportation of currency,
firearms, explosives, ammunition, and narcotics. Nevertheless, Customs and
Border Protection (CBP) does not consistently inspect outbound traffic,
according to a federal audit that reveals there is no structural
outbound inspection with oversight from the agency’s Office of Field
Operations (OFO). |
