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...Playboy," "Worm" and "Poochie," among others. But while the suspects were busy being charged with 226 federal crimes in one of the biggest strikes ever against purveyors of underage prostitutes, they were most curious about a name most of them had never heard before. "Who," they asked, "is RICO...
...RICO isn't a person but a law--the federal Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act. It is most frequently used to combat organized crime, but thanks to the creativity and determination of Richard Deane, the U.S. Attorney for Georgia's northern district, Atlanta's pimps became the nation's first to be charged under RICO statutes. Last August, members of Deane's community-resource team reported that local girls as young as 10 were being lured into prostitution. Most U.S. Attorneys leave such seemingly unglamorous crimes to local police, but in this case, police were discouraged...
Speakers will include Nature magazine editor Philip Campbell and the former governor of Puerto Rico, Pedro Rossello Gonzales...
...aware that most airlines do not have rooms booked in advance, only agreed rates and the pull of a big repeat client, which can throw its weight around if it chooses to help you. That may not be the case in a place like San Juan, Puerto Rico, where hotel rooms are so expensive that airlines will resist mightily having to give you a room...
...gross contamination to the waters and tributaries of the Cape Fear, Neuse, and New Rivers." Another suit charges Brown's of Carolina, a Smithfield subsidiary, with violating the Clean Water Act. And a third, to be filed in U.S. District Court, claims Smithfield's serial pollution violates the federal RICO statute (designed to be used against organized crime). In a statement to TIME, Smithfield calls the suits "totally baseless...