EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

CHAPTER 1:  INTRODUCTION

Overview of the DEA
DEA Foreign Field Offices
DEA Funding and Personnel
Prior Reports
Audit Approach

CHAPTER 2:  FOREIGN OFFICE PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT

Tracking Investigative Leads
Performance Planning
Measuring Performance
Regionalization Concept
Conclusion
Recommendations

CHAPTER 3:  INVESTIGATIVE OPERATIONS

Foreign Investigative Environment
Vetted Investigative Units
Sensitive Investigative Units
Non-SIU Vetted Units
Conclusion
Recommendations

CHAPTER 4:  RELATIONSHIPS

Foreign Office Relationships with Other DEA Offices
Other U.S. Law Enforcement Agencies
Foreign Counterpart Agencies
Conclusion

CHAPTER 5:  ADMINISTRATIVE FUNCTIONS

Imprest Funds
Operational Accounts
Security Matters
Firearms Qualification
Administrative Cost Determinations
Conclusion
Recommendations

CHAPTER 6:  INTERNATIONAL TRAINING

International Training Section
Other International Initiatives
Preparatory Training for Foreign Assignments
Training on Foreign Administrative Functions
Recommendation

APPENDICES:

1. OBJECTIVES, SCOPE, AND METHODOLOGY
2. COUNTRY PROFILES OF FIELDWORK LOCATIONS

Republic of Colombia
Italian Republic
United Mexican States
Kingdom of Thailand
Republic of Turkey
3. DEA PERSONNEL IN FOREIGN OFFICES
4. TIMELINE OF DEA FOREIGN OFFICE ESTABLISHMENT
5. RECORD OF INTERVIEWS CONDUCTED
6. DRUG ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION RESPONSE
7. OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL ANALYSIS AND SUMMARY OF ACTIONS NECESSARY TO CLOSE THE REPORT

^* The full version of this report includes information that the DEA considered to be law enforcement sensitive and therefore could not be publicly released. To create this public version of the report, the OIG redacted (deleted) the portions of the full report that were considered sensitive by the DEA, and we indicated where those redactions were made.