Organized Crime and the Travel Act
Learn about the investigation and prosecution of diffuse criminal activity that is coordinated and controlled through a central group, with special attention on the Travel Act, the precursor to RICO.
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In the white-collar crime context, a criminal collaboration is a group of individuals working together to further a common criminal objective. Organized crime typically refers to an ongoing criminal enterprise that coordinates and controls diffuse criminal activity through a central group. Organized crime networks may traffic in drugs, weapons, illicit goods, and people, or engage in activities like money laundering, counterfeiting, and extortion.
Congress enacted the Travel Act in...
