Introduced
June 22, 2026
Mr. Cassidy (for himself and Mr. Whitehouse) submitted the following resolution; which was considered and agreed to
RESOLUTION
Expressing support for the designation of June 11, 2026, as “Anti-Illicit Trade Awareness Day”.
- (1) expresses support for the designation of June 11, 2026, as “Anti-Illicit Trade Awareness Day” to combat illicit trade in all criminal manifestations every day thereafter in the calendar year;
- (2) supports the elevation of illicit trade and related illicit finance to national security priorities and the full integration of countering such illicit trade into the national security strategies of the United States to enhance this multi-dimensional criminal threat through coordinated executive agency actions;
- (3) supports financial intelligence sharing on trade-based money laundering, integrated intelligence fusion centers to more comprehensively combat illicit trade, and a sustained global network of trade transparency units to combat cross-border flows of illicit goods and illicit financial flows; and
- (4) continues to advance coordinated whole-of-government and whole-of-society approaches to combating illicit trade.