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A judge sentenced an MS-13 gang member to life in prison Tuesday for murdering a 29-year-old victim inside a Massachusetts apartment and joining a racketeering conspiracy.

Federal prosecutors filed charges in a Maryland court for murder, conspiracy, and racketeering against six members of the transnational criminal gang, MS-13. The charges are part of the Department of Justice’s ongoing effort to curtail the gang’s violent acts across the country.

Google has been accused of racketeering in a new lawsuit, which claims the company “has a pattern of stealing trade secrets from people it first invites to collaborate,” according to a report.

An illegal immigrant MS-13 gang member pleaded guilty in federal court for a plan to traffic cocaine in the U.S. and racketeering conspiracy.

Four members of the violent, foreign MS-13 gang were convicted on federal racketeering charges, some of which involved murder.

Agents from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives smuggled tens of millions of dollars from cigarette sales into a secret bank account in an operation not authorized by the Justice Department.

A lieutenant in the Bario Azteca gang admitted in a San Antonio federal court to his role in a conspiracy to commit murder in a foreign country, racketeering, distributing controlled substances, importing heroin, cocaine and marijuana, and money laundering.

An illegal immigrant and a foreign national, both ranking members of the MS-13 gang, were sentenced to life in prison after being convicted of murder and other organized crime charges in North Carolina.

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana – A former New Orleans, Louisiana judge once accused of sexual harassment is now facing allegations that he was involved in racketeering and a criminal auto theft organization which stole vehicles from a neighboring parish.

Guilty was the verdict on all 29 federal corruption charges against Democrat Rep. Chaka Fattah Sr. (PA), a lobbyist, a member of Fattah’s congressional staff, and associates on Tuesday.

On Friday, Chee Kung Tong leader Raymond “Shrimp Boy” Chow, 56, was convicted of racketeering, murder, and other charges.

On Monday, Raymond “Shrimp Boy” Chow, 55, the leader of Ghee Kung Tong, the more than 150-year-old fraternal organization whose former leader Allen Leung was murdered in 2006, is standing trial on charges of murder and racketeering.

On Monday, a federal prosecutor asserted that evidence exists revealing that Raymond “Shrimp Boy” Chow, former leader of the Ghee Kung Tong gang, and now on trial for racketeering, solicited the murder of the gang’s previous leader, Allen Leung.

MS-13 is an international criminal gang composed primarily of immigrants or descendants from El Salvador, and is active in multiple areas throughout the United States, Mexico, Central America, and Canada. Breitbart News contacted the U.S. Attorney’s Office to inquire about the immigration status of the defendants but had not received a response at the time of publication.

ATLANTA (AP) — In one of the biggest cheating scandals of its kind in the U.S., 11 former Atlanta public school educators were convicted Wednesday of racketeering for their role in a scheme to inflate students’ scores on standardized exams.