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- LETTERS, Page 9Reforms for RICO
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- I would like to add to your article on the Racketeer
- Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (LAW, Aug. 21). Reform
- of RICO's civil provisions is supported not only by accountants
- and securities and commodities dealers but also by the American
- Civil Liberties Union, the AFL-CIO, bankers, manufacturers and
- thousands of other Americans who stand to be branded as
- "racketeers" because an artful lawyer can turn virtually any
- dispute into a RICO lawsuit. The Securities and Exchange
- Commission also supports reform of the RICO law. Congress is
- considering two bills to reform civil RICO. They should be
- enacted as quickly as possible to return RICO to its original
- purpose: the pursuit of real racketeers.
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- Martin F. Connor Coalition for RICO Reform
- Washington
-