8.152 Racketeering Enterprise-Enterprise Affecting Interstate Commerce-Defined (18 U.S.C. Sec. 1959) is a federal law that defines a racketeering enterprise as a criminal organization that is engaged in, or its activities have an effect on, interstate commerce. Under this statute, a racketeering enterprise is defined as an association-in-fact, which includes any partnership, corporation, or other legal entity, and any group of individuals associated in fact, regardless of how they may be legally constituted, that is engaged in, or its activities have an effect on, interstate or foreign commerce. This law also includes criminal activities such as gambling, murder, bribery, money laundering, and other crimes that affect interstate commerce. Different types of racketeering enterprise include organized crime syndicates, gangs, and drug cartels.