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... > social science subjects > criminology and criminal justice > criminology > white-collar and corporate crime > criminology and justice > racketeering
social science subjects > criminology and criminal justice > offenders > racketeering
social science subjects > criminology and criminal justice > crimes and offenses > public order offenses > racketeering

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racketeering  

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  • Racketeering refers to ongoing criminal activities or schemes that typically involve long-established groups of criminals who engage in crime for their own individual, or their group's, benefit. Such activities consist of a pattern of illegal pursuits that are controlled by a criminal enterprise such as an organized crime (OC) family. [Source: Encyclopedia of White-Collar and Corporate Crime; Racketeering]

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