{"id":145215,"date":"2022-02-06T11:16:34","date_gmt":"2022-02-06T11:16:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/?p=145215"},"modified":"2022-02-06T11:16:34","modified_gmt":"2022-02-06T11:16:34","slug":"racketeer-influenced-and-corrupt-organization-act","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/racketeer-influenced-and-corrupt-organization-act\/","title":{"rendered":"Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organization Act"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The federal racketeering statute, codified at 18 U.S.C.A. sec 1961. This and other state and federal laws were passed to control organized crime. Racketeering is a conspiracy to commit extortion or coercion. A person may be tried under RICO if they committed racketeering activity or merely had an interest in such activity. The Supreme Court has applied RICO to those who block access to family planning clinics that provide abortions.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The federal racketeering statute, codified at 18 U.S.C.A. sec 1961. This and other state and federal laws were passed to control organized crime. Racketeering is a conspiracy to commit extortion or coercion. A person may be tried under RICO if they committed racketeering activity or merely had an interest in such activity. The Supreme Court [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-145215","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-r"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organization Act - Definition of Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organization Act<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The federal racketeering statute, codified at 18 U.S.C.A. sec 1961. This and other state and federal laws were passed to control organized crime. Racketeering is a conspiracy to commit extortion or coercion. A person may be tried under RICO if they committed racketeering activity or merely had an interest in such activity. The Supreme Court has applied RICO to those who block access to family planning clinics that provide abortions.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/racketeer-influenced-and-corrupt-organization-act\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organization Act - Definition of Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organization Act\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The federal racketeering statute, codified at 18 U.S.C.A. sec 1961. This and other state and federal laws were passed to control organized crime. Racketeering is a conspiracy to commit extortion or coercion. A person may be tried under RICO if they committed racketeering activity or merely had an interest in such activity. The Supreme Court has applied RICO to those who block access to family planning clinics that provide abortions.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/racketeer-influenced-and-corrupt-organization-act\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Glossary\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-02-06T11:16:34+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Glossary\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Glossary\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/racketeer-influenced-and-corrupt-organization-act\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/racketeer-influenced-and-corrupt-organization-act\/\",\"name\":\"Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organization Act - Definition of Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organization Act\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2022-02-06T11:16:34+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-02-06T11:16:34+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/#\/schema\/person\/ccfef987a4882e6356ae6d77d33e74c5\"},\"description\":\"The federal racketeering statute, codified at 18 U.S.C.A. sec 1961. This and other state and federal laws were passed to control organized crime. Racketeering is a conspiracy to commit extortion or coercion. A person may be tried under RICO if they committed racketeering activity or merely had an interest in such activity. The Supreme Court has applied RICO to those who block access to family planning clinics that provide abortions.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/racketeer-influenced-and-corrupt-organization-act\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/racketeer-influenced-and-corrupt-organization-act\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/racketeer-influenced-and-corrupt-organization-act\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organization Act\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/\",\"name\":\"Glossary\",\"description\":\"Difinitions\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/#\/schema\/person\/ccfef987a4882e6356ae6d77d33e74c5\",\"name\":\"Glossary\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/author\/adminglossary\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organization Act - Definition of Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organization Act","description":"The federal racketeering statute, codified at 18 U.S.C.A. sec 1961. This and other state and federal laws were passed to control organized crime. Racketeering is a conspiracy to commit extortion or coercion. A person may be tried under RICO if they committed racketeering activity or merely had an interest in such activity. The Supreme Court has applied RICO to those who block access to family planning clinics that provide abortions.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/racketeer-influenced-and-corrupt-organization-act\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organization Act - Definition of Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organization Act","og_description":"The federal racketeering statute, codified at 18 U.S.C.A. sec 1961. This and other state and federal laws were passed to control organized crime. Racketeering is a conspiracy to commit extortion or coercion. A person may be tried under RICO if they committed racketeering activity or merely had an interest in such activity. The Supreme Court has applied RICO to those who block access to family planning clinics that provide abortions.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/racketeer-influenced-and-corrupt-organization-act\/","og_site_name":"Glossary","article_published_time":"2022-02-06T11:16:34+00:00","author":"Glossary","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Glossary","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/racketeer-influenced-and-corrupt-organization-act\/","url":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/racketeer-influenced-and-corrupt-organization-act\/","name":"Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organization Act - Definition of Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organization Act","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/#website"},"datePublished":"2022-02-06T11:16:34+00:00","dateModified":"2022-02-06T11:16:34+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/#\/schema\/person\/ccfef987a4882e6356ae6d77d33e74c5"},"description":"The federal racketeering statute, codified at 18 U.S.C.A. sec 1961. This and other state and federal laws were passed to control organized crime. Racketeering is a conspiracy to commit extortion or coercion. A person may be tried under RICO if they committed racketeering activity or merely had an interest in such activity. The Supreme Court has applied RICO to those who block access to family planning clinics that provide abortions.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/racketeer-influenced-and-corrupt-organization-act\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/racketeer-influenced-and-corrupt-organization-act\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/racketeer-influenced-and-corrupt-organization-act\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organization Act"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/","name":"Glossary","description":"Difinitions","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/#\/schema\/person\/ccfef987a4882e6356ae6d77d33e74c5","name":"Glossary","url":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/author\/adminglossary\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145215","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=145215"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145215\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":145216,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145215\/revisions\/145216"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=145215"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=145215"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=145215"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}