CRIMINAL RICO: 18 U.S.C. §§1961-1968 A Manual For Federal Prosecutors
CRIMINAL RICO: 18 U.S.C. §§1961-1968 A Manual For Federal Prosecutors
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A. Overview of Criminal RICO
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An “enterprise” includes any individual, partnership, corporation, association, or other legal entity, and any group of individuals associated in fact although not a legal entity. For example, an arson ring can be a RICO enterprise, as can a small business or government agency.
Three different substantive criminal violations, and RICO conspiracy, are proscribed by RICO. Section 1962(a) makes it a crime to invest the proceeds of a pattern of racketeering activity or from collection of an unlawful debt in an enterprise affecting interstate or foreign commerce. For example, a narcotics trafficker violates this provision by purchasing a legitimate business with the proceeds of a pattern of multiple drug transactions.
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