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The Racketeering Records Analysis Unit
examines evidence relating to criminal organizations. Records
may include ledgers, notebooks, encoded documents, banking records,
real estate records, tax records, wire-intercepted conversations,
computers and computer diskettes, electronic data organizers,
and video gambling machines. The Unit consists of four subunits:
- Gambling Subunit—Examines records relating to sports bookmaking,
loansharking, prostitution, illegal lottery, video gambling machines,
and Internet gambling. Records may reveal the type of operation,
dates of activity, wagering amounts, types of wagers, roles of
participants, operational accounting methods, and annual percentage
rates.
- Drug Subunit—Examines
records relating to marijuana, cocaine, heroin, and methamphetamine
drug-trafficking operations. Records may reveal the type of operation,
type of drug, quantity of drug sold or purchased, unit prices,
method of payment, transaction dates, roles of participants,
gross and net profits, and operating expenses.
- Money Laundering Subunit—Examines financial records relating to
white collar crime, organized crime, drugs, and domestic and
international terrorism matters. Records may reveal the financial
interests of subjects, the subjects' ownership interests in assets,
and the movement of money through financial institutions and
across international borders.
- Cryptanalysis Subunit—Decrypts codes and ciphers found in letters,
diaries, and ledgers. Common users of codes and ciphers include
gang members, prison inmates, and extremist groups.
For more information about
records evidence or the Racketeering
Records Analysis Unit,
see the Racketeering
Records Examinations
section of the Handbook
of Forensic Services
and the Codes
and Ciphers article in Forensic
Science Communications.
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Member of a La Cosa Nostra Organization convicted of operating
an illegal sports bookmaking operation |
Money laundering transforms income of illegal origin into money
that appears to have been legitimately earned or obtained.
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Prison gangs, such as the Nuestra Familia, may use elaborate
artwork to conceal secret messages. |
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