What is Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act?
The '''Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act''' ('''RICO''')<ref>{{cite web|title=RICO|publisher=The Legal Information Institute|url=http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/part-I/chapter-96|accessdate=February 6, 2014}}</ref> is an [[United States|American]] federal law. This law allows extended criminal penalties and civil actions for [[organized crime|criminal networks]]. RICO means that the leaders of any group can be tried for crimes if they forced others do the crimes or help with the crimes. The RICO act covers these crimes: *Embezzlement *[[Bankruptcy]] fraud or other [[fraud]] *[[Obstruction of justice]] *[[Copyright]] infringing *[[Bribery]] RICO started in 1970. Many different groups have been threatened with [[lawsuit]]s or sued under this law. Examples include: * [[Hell's Angels Motorcycle Club]] * [[Los Angeles Police Department]] * [[Michael Milken]] * Some [[Catholic]] [[dioceses]] ==References== <references/> [[Category:1970 establishments in the United States]] [[Category:United States federal legislation]] {{US-stub}}