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Racketeering activity includes the act or threat of murder, kidnapping, gambling, arson, robbery, bribery, extortion, dealing in a controlled substance, and additional serious crimes punishable by imprisonment for more than 1 year. [7] In the United States, civil racketeering laws are also used in federal and state courts.
The DeCavalcante crime family, also known as the North Jersey crime family or the North Jersey Mafia, is an Italian-American Mafia crime family that operates mainly in northern New Jersey, particularly in Elizabeth, [2] Newark, West New York [4] and the surrounding areas.
The New Jersey faction of the Lucchese crime family, also known as the Jersey Crew, [2] is a powerful crew of Italian-American mobsters which operates throughout the Northern New Jersey area. During the 1970s into the late 1980s, the crew was led by Anthony Accetturo and his protégé Michael Taccetta . [ 2 ]
Sean "Diddy" Combs is currently in jail after being arrested on charges of racketeering, sex trafficking and transportation to engage in prostitution.. The rapper was taken into custody on Sept ...
Loot and Extortion. Statues at Trago Mills, poking fun at the Inland Revenue. Extortion is the practice of obtaining benefit (e.g., money or goods) through coercion. In most jurisdictions it is likely to constitute a criminal offence; the bulk of this article deals with such cases.
The Breed patched over the Riverside, New Jersey–based Aces and Eights Motorcycle Club and the Elizabeth, New Jersey–based Branded Motorcycle Club in 1983 Due in parts of the efforts of Jim "Irish" Power who was known as "Irish Prez". He was known for his efforts to expand the club with minimal violence and his desire to make the club more ...
Seven Essex County men have been charged with crafting a brazen scheme to steal luxury vehicles, targeting owners in Bergen and other counties and allegedly conspiring to sell the high-end cars in ...
PATERSON — State fiscal monitors have impeded the city's efforts to settle a lawsuit filed by two men who spent 24 years in prison before their murder convictions were overturned by a judge ...