Exam 13: Organized Crime Statutes

In what ways can the Internal Revenue Code be used against organized crime?

Under _____________Act, slavery and peonage, sex trafficking in children and adults, and the confiscation of victim's documents are felonies.

What act imposed mandatory prison sentences for certain drug offenses and a mandatory doubling of the minimum penalties for offenders with prior felony drug convictions? ​

Explain in detail the two basic sets of authorizing provisions of the Bank Secrecy Act.

The Anti-Drug Abuse Amendments of 1988 created a complex and extensive body of civil penalties aimed at casual drug users.

The _____________ Act of 1959 established a Bill of Rights for union members.

Which act makes it a federal crime to engage in criminal behavior that interferes with interstate commerce? ​

In 1914, which Act made it illegal to sell or give away opium or opium derivatives and coca or its derivatives without written order on a form issued by the Commissioner of Revenue? ​

The Bank Secrecy Act authorizes which organization to issue regulations requiring banks and other financial institutions to take a number of precautions against financial crime? ​

Which of the following is a type of identity theft offense? ​

Loansharking is an offense under the Consumer Credit Protection Act of 1968.

What is RICO? Also list and explain the major criticisms with its application. ​

Which federal law prohibits any agreement among competitors to fix prices, rig bids, or engage in other anti-competitive activities? ​

Unfortunately, the Hobbs Act fails to prohibit the foreign or interstate travel or the use of interstate facilities, such as the mails or telephones, to advance illegal activities such as gambling, drug trafficking, extortion, and bribery.

In 1914, the _____________ made it illegal to sell or give away opium or opium derivatives and coca or its derivatives without written order on a form issued by the Commissioner of Revenue.

In 1970, in response to increasing reports of people bringing bags full of illegally obtained cash into banks for deposit, Congress enacted the statute commonly referred to as which act? ​

To obtain a seizure order (actually a warrant), the government must provide _____________ the property to be seized, and why there is reason to believe that it is being used to commit crimes or was acquired with money from criminal activity. ​

What type of forfeiture is considered to be an in rem (against the property)court proceeding? ​

Federal conspiracy statutes generally require the government to prove that three or more persons agreed to commit an offense and that one or more of these persons did at least one act to carry out the agreement.

_____________ is an agreement between two or more persons to commit a criminal act; it is the agreement that becomes the corpus (body)of the crime. ​