Actions defined as racketeering under RICO include extortion, violation of the Hobbs Act of 1948, and other crimes that may interfere with interstate commerce. The statute requires a transmission in interstate or foreign commerce. "RICO" is the eighth episode of the first season of the AMC television series Better Call Saul, the spinoff series of Breaking Bad. The episode aired on March 23, 2015 on AMC in the United States. 6.18.1962C-3 RICO – “Engaged in, or the Activities of Which Affect, Interstate or Foreign Commerce” Defined 6.18.1962C-4 RICO – “Employed by or Associated with Any Enterprise” Defined 6.18.1962C-5 RICO – “Conduct or Participate, Directly or Indirectly, in the Conduct of Such Enterprise’s Affairs” Defined Primer on RICO . Interstate Commerce In order to be prosecuted under the federal law, RICO violations must involve or have some impact on interstate commerce. § 1962(a) Under section 1962(a), it is a crime to “use or invest” any income derived from “a pattern of racketeering activity” or through “collection of an unlawful debt” to establish, acquire an interest in, or operate “any enterprise” engaged in or affecting interstate commerce. Title IX of the Organized Crime Control Act of 1970 is known as the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act or RICO Act. Outside of the United States, the episode premiered on streaming service Netflix in several countries. An enterprise existed. See United States v. Mann, 884 F.2d 532, 536 (10th Cir. The purpose of the RICO Act is to curb the menace of organized crime and to prevent it from financial infiltration of legitimate business operations affecting interstate commerce. Most of the time, any enterprise that has a large economic effect, or that moves substantial amounts of money, goods, or people from one state to another, will meet this requirement. The RICO civil provisions contain five basic elements: injury, person, enterprise, pattern of racketeering activity, and interstate or foreign commerce. 7 1989); see also United States v. Van Cawenberghe, 827 F.2d 424, 430 (9th Cir. As used in this chapter, the term “interstate commerce” includes commerce between one State, Territory, possession, the District of Columbia, or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and another State, Territory, possession, the District of Columbia, or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. Prohibitions on cockfighting in Puerto Rico affect interstate commerce, the court said, because the fights are commercial events. A RICO enterprise is “any individual, partnership, corporation, association, or other legal entity, and any union or group of individuals associated in fact although not a legal entity.” The enterprise affected interstate commerce, which refers to commerce between states, and is regulated by the federal government. H.R. denied, 484 U.S. 1024 (1988). It is named after the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act 2 . 1987) (telex transmission was in interstate commerce because its path included the interstate transmission from New York to Los Angeles), cert. a. The penalty for RICO violation is a possible 20 year sentence in federal prison. 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