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An alleged Chinese racketeer linked to a hugely lucrative scam hub in Myanmar was extradited from Thailand to China on Wednesday, a police official in Bangkok told AFP.

From Barron's ● Nov. 12, 2025

Browner, Chambers and Lesley Chappell Green, 35, of Stone Mountain were all convicted of racketeer influenced and corrupt organization conspiracy.

From Washington Times ● Aug. 22, 2023

There is no evidence Butler gained materially from being “a racketeer for capitalism” — his words — who “helped rape a half a dozen Central American republics for the benefit of Wall Street.”

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 18, 2022

Gerald Shur was 15 when he first met a mobster, a bodyguard for a racketeer seeking to intimidate his father, a dressmaker in New York City’s garment district.

From Washington Post ● Sep. 2, 2020

If you should set a thief to catch a thief, what does it take to stop a racketeer...?

From The Ambulance Made Two Trips by Leinster, Murray

After World War II especially, racketeers moved in on the popularity of restaurants and nightclubs.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 1, 2021

In 1965, Mr. Cohen called Long’s claims “overblown,” insisting that the wiretaps were chiefly focused on racketeers attempting to bribe IRS personnel.

From Washington Post ● Sep. 5, 2018

“He was a fighter of social injustice, taking on corrupt politicians and racketeers preying on the common man.”

From New York Times ● Apr. 17, 2018

Brewer-Giorgio, now 78, said the FBI enlisted Presley as an undercover agent in 1976 to help the agency infiltrate a criminal organization called “The Fraternity,” which was apparently made up of dozens of racketeers.

From Time ● Aug. 15, 2017

And the fact that I was “the young Brother Baldwin” increased my value with those same pimps and racketeers who had helped to stampede me into the church in the first place.

From "The Fire Next Time" by James Baldwin

In 36 years in Chicago, I have never been held up, robbed or racketeered.

From Time Magazine Archive

But Guo was later convicted on charges of racketeering, fraud and money laundering.

From BBC ● Jun. 30, 2026

Johnson was imprisoned late last year for contempt of court after being found civilly liable for $71 million in damages in a civil racketeering case.

From Slate ● May 28, 2026

Earlier in his career, he gained fame as the fearless Mafia-busting prosecutor whose aggressive use of racketeering laws brought down New York's organized crime families.

From Barron's ● May 3, 2026

The book’s ostensible subject is the 1985 trial of Louisiana’s governor, Edwin Edwards, for fraud, bribery and racketeering.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 23, 2026

They were mostly in for white-collar crimes, money schemes, fraud and racketeering.

From "Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood" by Trevor Noah