RICO stands for the Racketeering Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act. The U.S. law was enacted in 1970 to take down organized crime as depicted in movies like Scarface and the show “The Sopranos.” The gist of the law is that if prosecutors can show that there’s an organization of people who commit crimes together on a recurring basis as a group or gang, then any single gang member can be prosecuted for any of the crimes the organization may commit.