RICO is something that your old school gangsters and mobs would be charged with on top of the numerous murder charges. RICO stands for racketeer influenced and corrupt organizations act. “RICO is a broadly applied 1970 federal law that creates certain “racketeering offenses” that include participation in various criminal schemes and conspiracies, and that allows government seizure of property acquired in violation of the act.” (Hall, 2015 p. 154). In order for there to be a RICO violation the four basic elements have to be present. According to Hall they are as follows. The defendant received money or income from a pattern of racketeering activity an invested that money in an enterprise (business) which is in interstate commerce or affects
