UNITED STATES. RACKETEER INFLUENCED AND CORRUPT ORGANIZATIONS (“RICO”) ACT

Legal Topic: Corruption

Geographic relevance: United States

Language: English

Data type: Legal citations

Publication details: U.S. Code, Title 18, Part I, Chapter 96. Cornell University Legal Information Institute

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Passed in 1970, the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) is a federal law designed to combat organized crime in the United States. It allows prosecution and civil penalties for racketeering activity performed as part of an ongoing criminal enterprise. Such activity may include illegal gambling, bribery, kidnapping, murder, money laundering, counterfeiting, embezzlement, drug trafficking, slavery, and a host of other unsavoury business practices.

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