I wonder if I might ask a question for
@vislaw or for other attorneys posting or reading here:
When does a case go beyond "conspiracy" (involving a few or several parties) and become a potential "RICO" case?
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Perhaps there is no point in going to the RICO laws when the laws relating to conspiracy are adequate to capture all the individuals specifically aware they were participating in crimes, but would the RICO laws provide LE any investigative tools they don't currently have available to them?