Sentence examples for illegal enterprises from inspiring English sources

Furthermore, profits from various illegal enterprises have been invested in legitimate businesses.

As with other lucrative illegal enterprises, those involved don't take interference lightly.

He was also a banker for bootlegging and other illegal enterprises.

These illegal enterprises — the Gulf, the Juárez, La Familia Michoacana, the Sinaloa and the Tijuana cartels — dominated large swaths of Mexican territory and operated abroad as well.

In California the handsome gangster successfully developed gambling dens, gambling ships (offshore beyond the 12-mile limit), narcotics smuggling, blackmail, and other illegal enterprises and equally successfully cultivated the company and friendship of Hollywood stars and celebrities.

Not only were they aware that the statistic they devised ignored many types of economic activity — from the work of housewives to illegal enterprises — they also knew their number did not assess the social benefits of what they were tracking.

The ruling provided a peek into the shrouded world of the Viagra-spam industry, a multimillion-dollar illegal enterprise with tentacles stretching from Russia to India.

RICO creates offenses and penalties above and beyond those prescribed for specific criminal offenses for those involved in an ongoing illegal enterprise that engages in racketeering.

The crackdown, based on an untested legal theory that American companies are aiding an illegal enterprise, has limited the ability of online casinos to reach Americans.

The six pharmacists, who worked at Rite Aid, Utopia, Shop Wise and Apex pharmacies in Ozone Park, New Hyde Park, Howard Beach, Woodside and Flushing, each received $50,000 per month from the illegal enterprise, Mr. Kelly said.

But others say prosecutors may be able to develop a sound case on the ground that American companies are profiting from the success of Internet casinos, a plainly illegal enterprise in the United States.