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| https://mcadams.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=437 | McAdams bipartisan bill targets illegal traffickers and money launderers | 2020-07-17 | 2020 | 2020-07 | Democrat | House | UT | Ben McAdams | M001209 | mcadams.house.gov | legacy | Washington, D.C.Congressman Ben McAdams, together with Ohio Congressman Anthony Gonzalez, is calling for a federal effort to combat trafficking in humans, drugs and weapons by targeting money laundering and illicit financial networks used by criminals. McAdams has introduced H.R. 7592--the Stopping Trafficking, Illicit Flows, Laundering and Exploitation Act (STIFLE) of 2020. Trafficking is a scourge on society, leaving millions of victims in its wake. Recent reports show that the global business of transnational crime is valued at between $1.6 to $2.2 trillion annually, resulting in crime, violence, terrorism, corruption and human suffering, said McAdams. Illicit actors engaged in traffickingwhether in drugs, arms, wildlife, organs, or humansuse dark markets' to finance and hide their horrific activities and profits. We need to identify, disrupt and prosecute these financial networks to stop these abhorrent crimes. Ensuring our law enforcement officers have the tools to combat illegal trafficking is vital to protecting our children from exploitation, preventing an influx of illegal drugs, and maintaining our national security, said Gonzalez. The STIFLE Act encourages collaboration between our financial institutions and federal law enforcement, and will help ensure that anti-money laundering tools are effective in preventing trafficking from being not only possible, but also profitable. McAdams says the bill activates tools, partnerships, and guidance of a number of federal agencies, including the Department of the Treasury's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network and Federal financial regulators to help financial institutions identify techniques and patterns of transactions that may involve the proceeds of trafficking. The legislation requires the Comptroller General to report findings to Congress along with recommendations for legislative or regulatory changes needed to combat trafficking or money laundering the proceeds. ### | 1 | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z |