The Legislature hereby finds and declares that an effective means of punishing and deterring criminal activities of organized crime is through the forfeiture of profits acquired and accumulated as a result of such criminal activities. It is the intent of the Legislature that the “California Control of Profits of Organized Crime Act” be used by prosecutors to punish and deter only such activities.
Cal. Penal Code § 186.1
Criminal Profiteering
Known as the California Control of Profits of Organized Crime Act
The act spans §§ 186–186 (9 sections).
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Keesling v. Beegle (2008)
Most recently applied in Keesling v. Beegle (February 2008)
Added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 1281, Sec. 1.
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