House passes McAdams bill seeking to slow human trafficking

The U.S. House passed on Monday a bill by Rep. Ben McAdams, D-Utah, that would order a federal study on how to better attack and prevent human trafficking.The House passed by voice vote the Stopping Trafficking, Illicit Flows, Laundering and Exploitation (STIFLE) Act, and sent it to the Senate. The House also previously attached it to the annual defense bill. Differing versions of that defense bill must still be reconciled between the House and Senate.“Illegal trafficking, particularly hum