As used in this chapter -
(1)
''racketeering activity'' means
(A)
any act or threat involving murder, kidnapping, gambling,
arson, robbery, bribery, extortion, dealing in obscene matter, or dealing in a
controlled substance or listed chemical (as defined in section 102 of the
Controlled Substances Act), which is chargeable under State law and punishable
by imprisonment for more than one year;
(B)
any act which is indictable under any of the following
provisions of title 18, United States Code:
Section 201 (relating to bribery), section 224 (relating to sports bribery),
sections 471, 472, and 473 (relating to counterfeiting), section 659 (relating
to theft from interstate shipment) if the act indictable under section 659 is
felonious, section 664 (relating to embezzlement from pension and welfare
funds), sections 891-894 (relating to extortionate credit transactions), section
1028 (relating to fraud and related activity in connection with identification
documents), section 1029 (relating to fraud and related activity in connection
with access devices), section 1084 (relating to the transmission of gambling
information), section 1341 (relating to mail fraud), section 1343 (relating to
wire fraud), section 1344 (relating to financial institution fraud), section
1425 (relating to the procurement of citizenship or nationalization unlawfully),
section 1426 (relating to the reproduction of naturalization or citizenship
papers), section 1427 (relating to the sale of naturalization or citizenship
papers), sections 1461-1465 (relating to obscene matter), section 1503 (relating
to obstruction of justice), section 1510 (relating to obstruction of criminal
investigations), section 1511 (relating to the obstruction of State or local law
enforcement), section 1512 (relating to tampering with a witness, victim, or an
informant), section 1513 (relating to retaliating against a witness, victim, or
an informant), section 1542 (relating to false statement in application and use
of passport), section 1543 (relating to forgery or false use of passport),
section 1544 (relating to misuse of passport), section 1546 (relating to fraud
and misuse of visas, permits, and other documents), sections 1581-1588 (relating
to peonage and slavery), section 1951 (relating to interference with commerce,
robbery, or extortion), section 1952 (relating to racketeering), section 1953 (relating to
interstate transportation of wagering paraphernalia), section 1954 (relating to
unlawful welfare fund payments), section 1955 (relating to the prohibition of
illegal gambling businesses), section 1956 (relating to the laundering of
monetary instruments), section 1957 (relating to engaging in monetary
transactions in property derived from specified unlawful activity), section 1958
(relating to use of interstate commerce facilities in the commission of
murder-for-hire), sections 2251, 2251A, 2252, and 2260 (relating to sexual
exploitation of children), sections 2312 and 2313 (relating to interstate
transportation of stolen motor vehicles), sections 2314 and 2315 (relating to
interstate transportation of stolen property), section 2318 (relating to
trafficking in counterfeit labels for phonorecords, computer programs or
computer program documentation or packaging and copies of motion pictures or
other audiovisual works), section 2319 (relating to criminal infringement of a
copyright), section 2319A (relating to unauthorized fixation of and trafficking
in sound recordings and music videos of live musical performances), section 2320
(relating to trafficking in goods or services bearing counterfeit marks),
section 2321 (relating to trafficking in certain motor vehicles or motor vehicle
parts), sections 2341-2346 (relating to trafficking in contraband cigarettes),
sections 2421-24 (relating to white slave traffic),
(C)
any act which is indictable under title 29, United States Code, section 186 (dealing with
restrictions on payments and loans to labor organizations) or section 501(c)
(relating to embezzlement from union funds),
(D)
any offense involving fraud connected with a case under
title 11 (except a case under section 157 of this title), fraud in the sale of securities,
or the felonious manufacture, importation, receiving, concealment, buying,
selling, or otherwise dealing in a controlled substance or listed chemical (as
defined in section 102 of the Controlled Substances Act), punishable under any
law of the United States,
(E)
any act which is indictable under the Currency and Foreign
Transactions Reporting Act,
(F)
any act which is indictable under the Immigration and
Nationality Act, section 274 (relating to bringing in and harboring certain
aliens), section 277 (relating to aiding or assisting certain aliens to enter
the United States), or section 278 (relating to importation of alien for immoral
purpose) if the act indictable under such section of such Act was committed for
the purpose of financial gain, or
(G)
any act that is indictable under any provision listed in
section 2332b(g)(5)(B);
