as in racketeering
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According to the indictment, the two defendants engaged in a racketeering conspiracy, committed multiple murders, engaged in drug distribution and extorted victims.—
JT Moodee Lockman,
CBS News,
9 Jan. 2026 -
He was sentenced to two years in prison in 2019, followed by five years of supervised release for his cooperation in the racketeering case against other gang members.—
Philip Marcelo,
Fortune,
8 Jan. 2026
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Transport police took him off the train in Voronezh, where he was detained for petty hooliganism.—
Emma Bussey,
FOXNews.com,
3 Dec. 2025
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She has since been rearrested twice on the same charges, as well as for petty hooliganism, and put back in prison.—
Yuliya Talmazan,
NBC news,
22 Nov. 2025
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At this time there is nothing to suggest any criminality with respect to their venture.—
Andy Sheehan,
CBS News,
12 Jan. 2026
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Police are investigating if any criminality was involved.—
Nicholas Williams,
New York Daily News,
11 Jan. 2026
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This doesn’t mean that day-care fraud has not taken place in Minneapolis—there’s a years-long history of such malfeasance, and both state and federal law enforcement have convicted dozens of offenders, as Kash Patel subsequently pointed out.—
Jay Caspian Kang,
New Yorker,
6 Jan. 2026
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In the past year, some out-of-power former officials and their allies have been implying the 2024 audit is so severely late because of incompetence or malfeasance.—
Don Stacom,
Hartford Courant,
4 Jan. 2026
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Want to keep up with the latest crime coverage?—
Angel Saunders,
PEOPLE,
16 Jan. 2026
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Stepheny Price covers crime, including missing persons, homicides and migrant crime.—
Stepheny Price,
FOXNews.com,
16 Jan. 2026
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“Gangsterism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gangsterism. Accessed 21 Jan. 2026.
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