Related Federal Statutes 67
The purpose of this section is obviously to prevent drug
trafckers from using their dope money as leverage to obtain
control of businesses and corporations. This statute is quite
similar to the money laundering statutes, in that you will have
to prove two key elements: the investment or transaction, and
the illegal source of the funds.
Also of note is the phrase “establishment or operation of,
any enterprise.” This implies that if a drug trafcker were to
use or invest drug money in the continuing operation of an
enterprise, this, too, would be a violation. Thus, the creation
of a front business or the operation of an established front
would constitute a violation, even if drug money were being
used only to pa