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» RICO
RICO or Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organization Act gives federal and state prosecutors the ability to combine unrelated crimes into a single larger charge. Therefore, when someone is prosecuted under RICO, they will face harsher punishments. If you are facing a RICO in the Miami and Fort Lauderdale area you will need a strong, experienced criminal attorney. Gilbert and Smallman criminal attorneys can offer you the representation necessary for this type of charge.
For example, if several people
are charged with a minor drug charge,
each person may be sentenced to
as little as a year. However, when
the charges are combined by the
prosecutor into one RICO case against
the group and offers that they
are working as an illegal enterprise,
the sentence each person faces
is over a decade. RICO trials are
complex and long. State and federal
agencies often back teams of prosecutors
for this type of case. Having a
Miami – Fort Lauderdale criminal
attorney from Gilbert and Smallman
is the right decision to make.
Call today for an initial consultation.
Originally, RICO was designed to
aid in the prosecution of organized
crime. So while it’s intent was
to curb extortion, bibery, trafficking,
counterfeiting, interstate gambling
by the mafia; now it also covers
white collar crimes, embezzlement,
securities fraud and public corruption.
In Fort Lauderdale and Miami, each criminal attorney at Gilbert and Smallman handle cases in the following areas of criminal law:
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