What are the five elements of a RICO violation?

What will be an ideal response?


The five elements of a criminal violation under RICO are

Unlawful activity involving an enterprise
Two or more qualifying acts of racketeering activity
A showing of a pattern of such activity
An effect upon interstate commerce
The commission of the prohibited acts

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The methods used to spy on criminal suspects,such as wiretapping,video surveillance, thermal imagers, and "gun detectors," are referred to as:

a. electronic surveillance. b. investigative techniques. c. entrapment procedures. d. exploratory measures.

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Giovanni Falcone was murdered with his wife and two bodyguards in a bomb attack outside Palermo in May 1992 . What was his profession at the time?

a. A police chief b. A pilot c. A warden d. A magistrate

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Which of the following factors is/are important in allocating personnel?

a. Location d. Geographic barriers b. Time e. All of the above c. Mobility

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The argument that "little problems" can lead to larger crime problems for neighborhoods if they are not addressed is known as the ____________________ theory.

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

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