RICO Goes Global: How America’s Anti-Mafia Law Became the World’s Favorite Extraterritorial Guillotine
Racketeers Without Borders: How America’s Favorite Acronym Became the World’s Favorite Weapon The letters R-I-C-O sound like a Caribbean resort chain. In reality, they’re the legal equivalent of a drone strike: once the indictment launches, collateral damage is just the cost of doing business. Originally cooked up by the U.S. Congress in 1970 to kneecap…