Article 2C.
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Article 2C.
Continuing Criminal Enterprise.
§ 14-7.20. Continuing criminal enterprise.
(a)Except as otherwise provided in subsection
(a1)of this section, any person who engages in a continuing criminal enterprise shall be punished as a Class H felon and in addition shall be subject to the forfeiture prescribed in subsection
(b)of this section.
(a1)Any person who engages in a continuing criminal enterprise where the felony violation required by subdivision (c)(1) of this section is a violation of G.S. 14-10.1 shall be punished as a Class D felon and, in addition, shall be subject to the forfeiture prescribed in subsection
(b)of this section.
(b)Any person who is convicted under subsection
(a)or
(a1)of this section of engaging in a continuing criminal enterprise shall forfeit to the State of North Carolina:
(1)The profits obtained by the person in the enterprise, and
(2)Any of the person's interest in, claim against, or property or contractual rights of any kind affording a source of influence over, such enterprise.
(c)For purposes of this section, a person is engaged in a continuing criminal enterprise if:
(1)The person violates any provision of this Chapter, the punishment of which is a felony; and
(2)The violation is a part of a continuing series of violations of this Chapter:
a. Which are undertaken by the person in concert with five or more other persons with respect to whom the person occupies a position of organizer, a supervisory position, or any other position of management; and
b. From which the person obtains substantial income or resources. (1995, c. 378, s. 1; 2012-38, s. 2.)