CRIM 412 Lecture Notes - Lecture 21: Mail And Wire Fraud
23 Feb 2020
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Dangerous and too expensive for local law enforcement agencies. Diversification of the criminal operation over a wide geographic area. Failure to impose available sanctions at the local level. Failure of governments to enact adequate laws. Failure of the courts to rigidly enforce existing laws. Attitudes of crown council and misperception of the crown"s role. Includes offences that do not ordinarily violate federal statutes. Also contains a laundry list of offences. Provides the federal government of the united states with jurisdiction that had exclusively been that of state and local law enforcement. Became a crime to belong to a criminal enterprise. Commission of at least two of the specified crimes within a ten year period. Can result in assets being frozen before a trial begins. Brings with it the stigma of being labeled a racketeer . Permits lawsuits for triple damages when ordinary business transactions, not organized crime, are at issue. Failing to make required returns or maintain required business records.
