A owner of a local pharmaceutical distribution company uses the legal drug distribution business network to distribute illicit drugs received from a drug cartel located in Columbia

Question

Additionally, the owner launders the money received for the sale of the drugs before routing receipts back to the cartel. The operation includes the use of company vehicles and warehouses throughout the United States to distribute the illegal drugs as well as the receipts from selling the drugs through various drug dealers throughout the United States. Many of the vehicle drivers, warehouse personnel, and office personnel are innocent participants in this illegal effort. All of the managers and administrators are willing involved in all the distribution and laundering efforts. Evaluate the proper procedures toward initiating the initial investigation and compare the elements of criminal intent as well as the application of mens rea and actus reus to each of the participants. Evaluate how this crime applies to the spoke and wheel conspiracy.

Answer 1

Inchoate crimes; mens rea and actus reus applicability to each participant in determining level of guilt or lack of guilt; complicity and conspiracy; spoke and wheel conspiracy; chain conspiracy, and wheel and chain conspiracy.