Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Cases in Federal Courts, 2012–2022

• NCJ Number: 308952
• Author(s): Suzanne M. Strong, PhD, BJS Statistician; Mark A. Motivans, PhD, BJS Statistician
• Date Published: September 2024
• Publication Type: Publication

Description

This report provides statistics on the number of RICO investigations concluded and persons investigated by U.S. attorneys from fiscal year (FY) 2012 to FY 2022. It also presents statistics from FY 2018 to FY 2022 on investigations concluded by U.S. attorneys with multiple persons investigated; persons prosecuted, adjudicated, and sentenced with a RICO violation as the most serious offense; persons convicted with a RICO violation as the most serious offense or as a secondary offense; and conviction rates by state or territory.