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Racketeer Influenced and
\nCorrupt Organizations Act:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

1<\/strong>. A 1970 federal statute designed to attack organized criminal activity and preserve marketplace integrity by investigating, controlling, and prosecuting persons who participate or conspire to participate in racketeering. 18 USCA \u00a7\u00a7 1961-1968.\u00a0 *\u00a0 The federal RICO statute applies only to activity involving interstate or foreign commerce.\u00a0 Many states have adopted similar statutes, sometimes called \u201clittle RICO\u201d acts.\u00a0 The federal and most state RICO acts provide for enforcement not only by criminal prosecution but also by civil lawsuit, in which the plaintiff can sue for treble damages<\/a>. \u2014 Abbr. RICO<\/em><\/span>. <\/strong>[1]
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1. A federal statute, commonly referred to as RICO, which criminalizes racketeering that affects interstate commerce or persons or businesses engaged in interstate commerce.<\/strong> [2]<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Excerpt from David R. McCormack’s Racketeering Influenced Corrupt Organizations<\/em><\/a> (1998):<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cBefore criminal or civil liability can attach under RICO, it must be shown that the two or more acts of racketeering<\/a> alleged in the criminal indictment<\/a> or civil complaint constitute a pattern of racketeering activity on the part of the culpable person.\u00a0 The statutory definition of pattern \u2018requires at least two\u2019 predicate acts occurring within ten years of each other, with one of them occurring after October 15, 1970.\u00a0 More broadly put, the pattern of racketeering activity is a scheme of unlawful conduct with a nexus to both the culpable person and the enterprise.<\/span>\u201d<\/strong> [3]<\/span><\/p>\n

U.S. Codes Associated with RICO:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

18 U.S.C. \u00a7 1961. Definitions<\/span><\/a> –<\/span> <\/strong><\/p>\n

18 U.S.C. \u00a7 1962. Prohibited activities<\/span><\/a> –<\/span> <\/strong><\/p>\n

18 U.S.C. \u00a7 1963. Criminal penalties<\/span><\/a> –<\/span> <\/strong><\/p>\n

18 U.S.C. \u00a7 1964. Civil remedies<\/a> –<\/h3>\n

18 U.S.C. \u00a7 1965. Venue and process<\/a> –<\/h3>\n

18 U.S.C. \u00a7 1966. Expedition of actions<\/span><\/a> –<\/span> <\/strong><\/p>\n

18 U.S.C. \u00a7 1967. Evidence<\/span><\/a> –<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

18<\/strong> <\/span><\/a>U.S.C. \u00a7 1968. Civil investigative demand<\/span> –<\/span> <\/strong><\/p>\n

References:<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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[1]: Black’s Law Dictionary <\/a><\/span><\/strong>Deluxe Tenth Edition<\/span><\/a><\/em> by Henry Campbell Black, Editor in Chief Bryan A. Garner. ISBN: 978-0-314-61300-4 <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

[2<\/span><\/strong>]:\u00a0\u00a0Ballantine\u2019s Law Dictionary <\/a><\/span><\/strong>Legal Assistant Edition<\/span><\/a><\/em>
\nby Jack Ballantine\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>(James Arthur 1871-1949).\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/em>Doctored<\/span><\/a><\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/em>by\u00a0Jack G. Handler,\u00a0J.D.<\/a>\u00a0\u00a9 1994 Delmar by Thomson Learning.\u00a0 ISBN 0-8273-4874-6.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

[3]: David R. McCormack, <\/span><\/strong>Racketeering Influenced Corrupt Organizations<\/span><\/a><\/em> \u00a7 1.04, at 1-20 (1998).<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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