Exam 13: Organized Crime Statutes

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.

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

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

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?​

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 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"?​

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

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

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?​

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.​

_____________ 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.​

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?​

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

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?​

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

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

Which of the following is $\underline{\text{NOT}}$ one of the three basic types of conspiracy?​

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

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

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