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Recent Examples of racketeering
Adam Harrington,
CBS News,
23 June 2026
In 2015, an FBI/IRS investigation resulted in the arrests of high-level FIFA officials and associates for wire fraud, racketeering, and money laundering.
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Dan Snierson,
Entertainment Weekly,
16 June 2026
Guerrero Flores was charged in a New York federal court with racketeering conspiracy and other crimes, including lending support to terrorists in crimes that stretched more than a decade, authorities announced in December.
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Will Weissert,
Los Angeles Times,
13 June 2026
From a federal racketeering verdict against former Boilermakers union leaders to a KCK school police officer accusing the district of covering up crimes, Kansas City is making headlines on multiple fronts.
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Ian Cummings,
Kansas City Star,
6 June 2026
Twenty-one members of a violent Arlington street gang have pleaded guilty to federal racketeering and other related charges, and one of them was sentenced to life in prison Thursday for murder, according to a Department of Justice news release.
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Harriet Ramos,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
6 June 2026
Noun
In June 1986, Tony Spilotro was set to face a new trial on a racketeering charge connected to the Hole in the Wall Gang and its burglaries.
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Adam Harrington,
CBS News,
23 June 2026
In 2015, an FBI/IRS investigation resulted in the arrests of high-level FIFA officials and associates for wire fraud, racketeering, and money laundering.
—
Dan Snierson,
Entertainment Weekly,
16 June 2026
Guerrero Flores was charged in a New York federal court with racketeering conspiracy and other crimes, including lending support to terrorists in crimes that stretched more than a decade, authorities announced in December.
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Will Weissert,
Los Angeles Times,
13 June 2026
From a federal racketeering verdict against former Boilermakers union leaders to a KCK school police officer accusing the district of covering up crimes, Kansas City is making headlines on multiple fronts.
—
Ian Cummings,
Kansas City Star,
6 June 2026
Twenty-one members of a violent Arlington street gang have pleaded guilty to federal racketeering and other related charges, and one of them was sentenced to life in prison Thursday for murder, according to a Department of Justice news release.
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Harriet Ramos,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
6 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for racketeering
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Plot summary The movie is set in Chicago in the 1930s, a time of economic deprivation and bold gangsterism and outlawry.
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In April of that year, Michael Spilotro and a third brother, Victor, were charged with extorting money from two businesses associated with prostitution and using violence to enforce their demands, UPI reported at the time.
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The report describes Indigenous patrols in Venezuela allegedly working alongside armed groups controlling mining areas and extorting workers along river routes.
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This kind of work, exposing malfeasance and structural corruption, has historically led to a multitude of risks for journalists.
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In an ideal world, progressives would have howled about how wrong that was, but progressives were the beneficiaries of Twitter’s malfeasance, so the company’s censorship was seen as acceptable, even desirable.
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Later, we’re treated to an electrifying scene of Dennis blackmailing a woman named Joyce Tercek in an elevator.
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Of course, Lili responds by blackmailing her, threatening to out her for accepting the principal position knowing she'd been mistakenly recruited for the job.
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In that context, the language of immigrant criminality becomes part of the rationale for detention rules, enforcement surges and legal changes that treat noncitizens as a standing public safety risk.
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Police sources say no criminality is suspected.
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Travis Reed, who was a fire captain with the now-defunct Briar Volunteer Fire Department, admitted to coercing a minor into producing child pornography in September, according to a summary of facts in the case.
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The Justice Against Weaponized Bureaucratic Overreach to Networked Expression Act would prohibit federal agencies and employees from coercing or trying to coerce broadcasters and providers of online services or AI services into changing content.
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Alite faces multiple counts of extortion, corporate misconduct, loansharking and terroristic threats.
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Councilman John Alite, 63, of Englishtown, was arrested on Friday and charged with multiple counts of theft by extortion, corporate misconduct, usury and terroristic threats, according to the New Jersey Attorney General's office.
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In his first bout at 170 pounds, Makhachev cruised to a decision win over Jack Della Maddalena at UFC 322 in November 2025, easily wresting the UFC welterweight crown from Della Maddalena.
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But skeptics of Elliott’s plans say there is little precedent in the modern era of municipalities, or even states, wresting control from private for-profit utilities.
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“Racketeering.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/racketeering. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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