Civil RICO

The Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) is a federal law that was enacted in 1970 as part of the Organized Crime Control Act of 1970 and intended to combat organized crime in the United States. At the time of its enactment, Congress described RICO as “an act designed to prevent ‘known mobsters’ from infiltrating legitimate businesses.” Today, however, RICO prohibits a much broader scope of conduct than that of known mobsters.

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