End Banking for Human Traffickers Act of 2025

This legislation seeks to significantly increase the financial industry's involvement in combating human trafficking. It directs the Financial Institutions Examination Council , in consultation with various stakeholders including victims and law enforcement, to review and enhance anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing procedures. This review aims to improve the detection of financial transactions linked to severe forms of trafficking in persons and streamline the referral of potential cases to appropriate law enforcement agencies. Furthermore, the bill mandates the Interagency Task Force To Monitor and Combat Trafficking to conduct an analysis of current anti-money laundering efforts by the U.S. government and financial institutions. The Task Force must then submit comprehensive recommendations to Congress and federal banking agencies. These recommendations are to include feedback from financial institutions on best practices, stakeholder input on policy proposals, and suggested changes to training programs, information sharing, and statutory law, particularly concerning emerging technologies and virtual currencies. Finally, the Act amends the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 to incorporate a new minimum standard for countries. This standard requires assessing whether a country has an effective framework in place to prevent financial transactions involving the proceeds of severe forms of trafficking in persons, and is actively implementing it through investigation and prosecution.