Exam 14: Organized Crime: Statutes

he ____________ 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.

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

How does the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (TVPA) define human trafficking?

_____________ is defined as any extension of credit with respect to which is the understanding of the creditor and the debtor at the time the loan is made that delay in making repayment or failure to make repayment could result in the use of violence or other criminal means to cause the harm to the person, reputation, or property of any person.

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.

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

he _________ theory allows the government to seize property when it aids certain criminal conduct.

The Harrison Act is the most important single piece of legislation ever enacted against organized crime.

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

What is RICO?

he 1968 Consumer Credit Act (18 U.S.C. ections 891-94) was designed to combat:

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

In what year was the Sherman Anti-Trust Act enacted?

_____________ 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.

he ________ theory allows the government to seize property that represents the gains from certain specified unlawful activities.

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

n what year did the first wiretap case (Olmstead v. nited States) confront the U.S Supreme Court?

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

he PROTECT Act of 2003 authorizes the prosecution of Americans whose behavior involves sexual exploitation of children __________________.

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