Investigating Criminal Conspiracies – St. Paul, MN – January 2024

Many law enforcement agencies make the mistake of approaching conspiracy investigations as though dealing exclusively with organized crime or other highly structured, professional criminal enterprises. This class zeroes in on how to effectively build conspiracy cases that dismantle all manner of criminal associations from the very biggest (drug cartels, mafia borgatas, prison gangs, and outlaw bikers) to the smallest (bookies, fences, pimps, and street hustlers).

Overview of Topics:

• What Constitutes a Criminal Conspiracy
• Racketeering made Simple
• Pinkerton Liability
• The Felony Murder Rule
• VCAR (Violent Crimes in Aid of Racketeering)
• Continuing Criminal Enterprise “CCE” (The Kingpin Statute)
• Why withdrawing from a Conspiracy is so difficult
• Small Town vs. Big City Conspiracy Case Studies