Chat with AIExam 3: Infiltration of Business, Extortion, and Racketeering
What is organized crime infiltration of business or government?
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VerifiedIt is sometimes the product of conspiracy, by which businesses pay money to others so that they can make even more money illicitly, and more often it is extortion by which money is paid under threat of future personal or financial harm
What are some examples of how the Hobbs Act applies in actual cases?
(34) VerifiedIn a Louisiana case, a bail bondsman and local police department were charged with extorting money from travelers who passed through town in exchange for reducing or dismissing DWI charges In New York, inspectors for the New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission pled guilty to extortion for taking bribes for overlooking defects and certifying inspections for taxicabs that were never inspected A New Jersey police officer was convicted for extorting money from bar owners in exchange for influencing the town council and mayor in deciding whether the bars should be fined for various liquor law violations
Mei-Fen Chen, owner of the Della Motel in Houston, claimed she was unaware that drug transactions were taking place there. Why did the U.S. Court of Appeals affirm her conviction under the crack-house statute?
(34) VerifiedShe had witnessed drug transactions, alerted tenants when police were coming, and provided loans and storage to drug dealers
How can it be said that there can be thin line between bribery and extortion?
(27) Why is it sometimes difficult to link individual crimes to part of a racketeering enterprise?
(41) What did the prosecution have to prove to make a RICO case against Trucchio?
(32) How was a New York State judge who had an affair with a woman convicted of extortion?
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