Sean “Diddy” Combs has been found guilty of a federal charge tied to prostitution, but a jury acquitted him of more serious allegations, including sex trafficking and racketeering conspiracy. Among ...

The post Young Thug, Racketeering, and RICO, Explained appeared first on Consequence. The defendants have been charged with conspiracy to violate Georgia’s Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt ...

The Chicago Mafia. The Gambino family. The Lucchese family. These notorious groups dominated organized crime in Chicago and New York for decades –- until prosecutors brought them down with one ...

Prosecutors have found racketeering laws to be powerful tools in targeting not only foot soldiers in a criminal enterprise, but also high-level decision makers. By Richard Fausset and Danny Hakim ...

"It lets you get the big fish by working from the bottom up," one expert said. In charging former President Donald Trump and 18 co-defendants in a sprawling 41-count indictment, Fulton County District ...

Jurors on July 1 say they have arrived at verdicts regarding sex charges and prostitution in the Sean "Diddy" Combs case. But a charge they remain deadlocked on is racketeering, usually used against ...