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RICO was instrumental in indicting members of The Cowboy Mafia from Texas, Tennessee and Florida. During 1977 and 1978, this group imported over 106 tons of marijuana. Using the shrimp boats Agnes Pauline , Monkey , Jubilee , and Bayou Blues , the group made six trips from Colombia to Texas.
The Georgia RICO (Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations) Act is a law in the U.S. state of Georgia that makes a form of racketeering a felony. [1] Originally passed on March 20, 1980, it is known for being broader than the corresponding federal law, such as not requiring a monetary profit to have been made via the action for it to be a crime.
FBI surveillance photograph of Louis Ricco. Louis Peter Ricco (February 13, 1930 – May 22, 2019), also known as Louie Bracciole, was a longtime member of the Gambino crime family, holding the rank of caporegime with illegal activities in the Bronx, New York, New Jersey and Brooklyn, New York.
The Mafia Commission Trial (in full, United States v. Anthony Salerno, et al ) [ 1 ] was a criminal trial before the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York in New York City , United States, that lasted from February 25, 1985, until November 19, 1986.
The American Mafia, [23] [24] [25] commonly referred to in North America as the Italian-American Mafia, the Mafia, or the Mob, [23] [24] [25] is a highly organized Italian-American criminal society and organized crime group.
James T. Licavoli (born Vincentio Licavoli; August 18, 1904 − November 23, 1985), also known as "Jack White" or "Blackie", was an American mobster based in Cleveland, Ohio, who became boss of the Cleveland crime family in 1976.
March 13 – Gambino crime family leader John "The Dapper Don" Gotti is acquitted, along with 5 other defendants, on Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) and conspiracy charges by a U.S. New York petit jury.
The five Mafia families in New York City are still active, albeit less powerful. The peak of the Mafia in the United States was during the 1940s and 50s, until the year 1970 when the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO Act) was enacted, which aimed to stop the Mafia and organized crime as a whole. [ 23 ]