John Gotti. Whitey Bulger. R. Kelly? The disgraced R&B singer's federal trial begins Wednesday in New York as he is accused of sex trafficking and racketeering, a charge most famously applied to mob leaders like Gotti and Bulger.
The disgraced R&B singer's federal trial begins Wednesday in New York as he is accused of racketeering, a charge famously applied to mob leaders like Gotti and Bulger.Robert Sylvester Kelly, 54, faces a bevy of accusations: one count of racketeering with 14 underlying acts, including kidnapping, forced labor and sex trafficking, as well as eight counts of violating the Mann Act, which prohibits sex trafficking across state lines.
Hear decades of allegations against R. Kelly 04:09Racketeering became a federal crime in 1970 under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, and the charge is best known as a tool to prosecute organized crime that affects interstate commerce. At the center of any racketeering case is the"enterprise," the group entity carrying out the illegal conduct, such as the mafia.
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