Deck 13: Organized Crime Statutes

Question 1

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

A)​Harrison Act
B)​Anti-Drug Abuse Act
C)​Hobbs Act
D)Comprehensive Crime Control Act

Answer 1

C

Question 2

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?​

A)the Anti-Drug Abuse Act​
B)​the Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act
C)​the Hobbs Act
D)the Harrison Act

Answer 2

D

Question 3

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.​

A)​sworn testimony in an affidavit spelling out
B)​an informant explaining
C)​surveillance viewing
D)eyewitness testimony regarding

Answer 3

A

Question 4

The investigation and prosecution of organized crime per se has largely been a responsibility of:​

A)​the federal government.
B)​the municipal government.
C)​both state and municipal governments.
D)state governments.

Question 5

The United States does not criminalize participation in a criminal organization since it might implicate constitutional prohibitions against measures inhibiting freedom of:​

A)​religion.
B)​association.
C)​speech.
D)privacy.

Question 6

The earliest statutes designed to deal with "racketeering" are collectively known as the:​

A)​Harrison Act.
B)​Anti-Drug Abuse Act.
C)​Hobbs Act.
D)Comprehensive Crime Control Act.

Question 7

Which of the following constitutes a pattern of racketeering under RICO?​

A)​two predicate crimes in a five-year period
B)​two predicate crimes in a ten-year period
C)​two predicate crimes in a one-year period
D)three predicate crimes in a ten-year period

Question 8

What type of activity did the Sherman Anti-Trust Act prohibit?​

A)​drug trafficking
B)​human trafficking
C)​restraint of trade
D)tax evasion

Question 9

The 1968 Consumer Credit Act (18 U.S.C.Sections 891-94)was designed to combat:​

A)​loansharking.
B)​racketeering.
C)​gambling.
D)drug abuse.

Question 10

_____________ 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.​

A)​Corruption
B)​Entrapment
C)​Money laundering
D)Conspiracy

Question 11

In 1972,which state enacted civil RICO legislation with the seizure and forfeiture provisions?​

A)​New York
B)​Washington
C)​Hawaii
D)Texas

Question 12

Which statute makes it a crime to commit or conspire to commit a continuing series of felony violations of the 1970 Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act when the violations are undertaken in concert with 5 or more persons?​

A)​RICO
B)​Consumer Credit Protection
C)​Hobbs
D)Continuing Criminal Enterprise

Question 13

What did the Landrum-Griffin Act of 1959 provide?​

A)​It prohibited money laundering.
B)​It established a Bill of Rights for union members.
C)​It established racketeering as a federal offense.
D)It prohibited trafficking in persons.

Question 14

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?​

A)​Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1986
B)​Harrison Act
C)​Comprehensive Crime Control Act of 1984
D)Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention Act of 1970

Question 15

Which Supreme Court decision officially denied the claim of self-incrimination (Fifth Amendment)as an excuse for failure to file income tax on illegally gained earnings?​

A)​United States v.Sullivan
B)​United States v.Bufalino et al.
C)​United States v.Sperling
D)Whitfield v.United States

Question 16

What does RICO define as any act or threat involving murder,kidnapping,gambling,arson,robbery,bribery,extortion,or dealing in narcotic or other dangerous drugs,which is chargeable under State law and punishable by imprisonment for more than one year?​

A)​racketeering
B)​conspiracy
C)​corruption
D)forfeiture

Question 17

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

A)​Bell Act
B)​Harrison Act
C)​Landrum-Griffin Act
D)Sherman Antitrust Act

Question 18

Which of the following is NOT one of the three basic types of conspiracy?​

A)​chain
B)​wheel
C)​syndicate
D)enterprise

Question 19

What legislation prohibits "knowingly opening,maintaining,managing,controlling,renting,leasing,making available for use,or profiting from,any place for the purpose of manufacturing,distributing,or using any controlled substance"?​

A)​Ecstasy [MDMA] Anti-Proliferation Act of 2000
B)​Illicit Drug Anti-Proliferation Act ("Rave Act")of 2003
C)​Chemical Diversion and Trafficking Act of 1988
D)  Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1986

Question 20

What is defined as any extension of credit in which the creditor and the debtor both understand that a delay or failure in making repayment could result in the use of violence or other criminal means to cause the harm to the person,reputation,or property of the person?​

A)​credit debt
B)​loan shark debt
C)​gambling debt
D)lender's fee

Question 21

Members of an enterprise conspiracy must be aware of each other's criminal activities,in order to be in violation of the law.

Question 22

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

Question 23

The United States cannot force or compel other countries to maintain certain financial records similar to those required under the Bank Secrecy Act.

Question 24

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?​

A)Internal Revenue Service​
B)​Homeland Security
C)​Federal Bureau of Investigation
D)U.S.Marshals Service

Question 25

The Harrison Act is a federal statute that provides rights to union members and protections by promoting democratic procedures within labor organizations.

Question 26

Which theory allows the government to seize property that represents the gains from certain specified unlawful activities?​

A)​proceeds theory
B)​facilitation theory
C)​net worth theory
D)control theory

Question 27

The Landrum-Griffin Act of 1959 was a response to violent acts of the American Mafia.

Question 28

​The owner of seized property has a right to contest the seizure before it actually has occurred.

Question 29

Trafficking in persons is prohibited by the _____________ Amendment that outlaws slavery and involuntary servitude-holding persons for service/labor through force or the threat of force.​

A)​First
B)​Sixth
C)​Eighth
D)Thirteenth

Question 30

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.

Question 31

What theory allows the government to seize property when it aids certain criminal conduct?​

A)​proceeds theory
B)​facilitation theory
C)​net worth theory
D)control theory

Question 32

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

A)​fictitious identity
B)​payment card
C)​account takeover
D)all of the above

Question 33

Prior to the passage of the Money Laundering Control Act of 1986,money laundering was not a federal crime.

Question 34

What type of forfeiture is considered to be an in personam (again the person)court proceeding?​

A)​criminal forfeiture
B)personal forfeiture
C)​social forfeiture
D)civil forfeiture

Question 35

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

A)​criminal forfeiture
B)​personal forfeiture
C)​social forfeiture
D)civil forfeiture

Question 36

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.

Question 37

The PROTECT Act of 2003 authorizes the prosecution of Americans whose behavior involves sexual exploitation of children:​

A)​in the United States only
B)​in Europe only.
C)​in Asia only.
D)anywhere in the world.

Question 38

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

Question 39

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?​

A)​Money Laundering Act
B)​Harrison Act
C)​Bank Secrecy Act
D)Hobbs Act

Question 40

Which federal statute was used to permit federal agents to engage electronic surveillance during a criminal investigation for the first time in U.S.history?​

A)​Bank Secrecy Act
B)​Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act
C)​Civil Rights Act
D)Landrum-Griffin Act

Question 41

Define conspiracy,state the three main types discussed in the text,and briefly describe each.

Question 42

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

Question 43

How is the Sherman Anti-Trust Act of 1890 used against restraint-of-trade agreements?

Question 44

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

Question 45

The _____________Act of 2003 authorizes the prosecution of Americans whose behavior involves the commercial sexual exploitation of children (CSEC)anywhere in the world.​

Question 46

The _____________ Act of 2002 removed the intent requirement for individuals and criminalized the actions of sex tour operators.

Question 47

The wholesale assumption of another person's identity in an effort to gain access to new credit is called _____________.

Question 48

The _____________ to the U.S.Constitution provides that no person "shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself."

Question 49

The _____________ Act was the earliest statute designed to deal with racketeering.​

Question 50

_____________ is an agreement among competitors to raise,fix,or otherwise maintain the price at which their goods or services are sold.

Question 51

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

Question 52

The _____________ Act of 1992 made operation of an illegal money transmitting business a crime.

Question 53

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

Question 54

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.

Question 55

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