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What's RICO? (CRS Report for Congress)

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Release Date June 20, 2016
Report Number RICO
Source Agency Congressional Research Service
Summary:

The question arose most recently when Congress added trade secret offenses to the RICO predicate offense list in P.L. 114-153 (S. 1890). RICO is the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organization (RICO) portion of Title 18 of the United States Code. In spite of its name and origin, RICO is not limited to €œmobsters€ or members of €œorganized crime€ as those terms are popularly understood. Rather, it covers those activities which Congress felt characterized the conduct of organized crime, no matter who actually engages in them.