R.I.C.O.

Racketeering Offenses

The Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act was passed in 1970 to combat the mafia. Since that time, federal RICO laws have been used to prosecute elected officials, unions, drug cartels, street gangs and other organizations, whether formal or informal. The RICO laws are the most complex and far reaching of any federal criminal statute. RICO charges also have the longest and most convoluted jury instructions of any federal crime. Michael is one of a very small number of former federal prosecutors who has both charged RICO and successfully tried a RICO case before a jury.