NCJ Number
133254
Journal
American Criminal Law Review Volume: 28 Issue: 3 Dated: special issue (1991) Pages: 393-710
Editor(s)
K Kelly
Date Published
1991
Length
421 pages
Annotation
This special issue describes the policies, priorities, and programs that the Department of Justice has adopted to combat white-collar crime and comments on the ethical dilemmas this type of crime presents.
Abstract
The substantive crimes and legislation issues addressed include: computer crimes, conflicts of interest, environmental crimes, the Ethics in Government Act of 1978, extortion, Federal food and drug violations, financial institutions' fraud, the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, government contract fraud, mail and wire fraud, perjury, the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO), and the Travel Act. One Department of Justice initiative is a massive effort to deal with those responsible for the criminal collapse of many savings and loan institutions. Additional Department of Justice priorities include: responding to capital market abuses by establishing Securities and Commodities Fraud Task Forces in eight United States Attorney's Offices; targeting defense contractors who have lied, bribed, and spied in committing procurement fraud; pursuing and prosecuting money launderers and increasing prosecutions for environmental crime. 2,333 footnotes