Exam 14: Organized Crime: Statutes

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

RICO fails to define organized crime.

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?

o 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 are the two basic sets of authorizing provisions of the Bank Secrecy Act?

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

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?"

n recent years, Federal narcotics agents have been assigned to work in local communities. What interpretation of the Constitution allowed this shift in federal activity?

he first time in history that Congress sanctioned electronic surveillance was Title III of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act. In what year was it enacted??

ICO defines ____________ 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.

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

The Identity Theft Act provides for enhanced punishment if the theft is committed to facilitate drug trafficking. What are those enhancements?

he Bank Secrecy Act authorizes the ____________ to issue regulations requiring banks and other financial institutions to take a number of precautions against financial crime.

_______________ authorizes the prosecution of Americans whose behavior involves the commercial sexual exploitation of children (CSEC) anywhere in the world.

Tell about the Apalachin Crime Conference and how it led to the McClellan hearings and then the Landrum-Griffin act.

hat did the Landrum-Griffin Act of 1959 provide?

_________ forfeiture is an in personam proceeding.

hich of the following denied the claim of self-incrimination (Fifth Amendment) as an excuse for failure to file income tax on illegally gained earnings:

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

rafficking 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.