RICO - Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Statute (United States)

• Jurisdiction: United States

Title IX of the Organized Crime Control Act 1970 Act is the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Statute (18

U.S.C.

§1961 to 1968), commonly referred to as RICO.

The purpose of the RICO statute is the elimination of the infiltration of organized crime and racketeering into legitimate organizations operating in interstate commerce. including illegal activities relating to any enterprise affecting interstate or foreign commerce.

REFERENCES:

• Duhaime, Lloyd, Legal Definition of Racketeering

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• Criminal Law