Professor G. Robert Blakey, has been described as the nation's foremost authority on the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organization Act (RICO), has served on the Notre Dame Law School faculty for more than 20 years, from 1964 to 1969 and since 1980. He teaches in the areas of criminal law and procedure, federal criminal law and procedure, terrorism, and jurisprudence. After a thorough review of Amway and its operations, he came to this conclusion:
"It is my opinion that the Amway business is run in a manner that is parallel to that of major organized crime groups, in particular the Mafia. The structure and function of major organized crime groups, generally consisting of associated enterprises engaging in patterns of legal and illegal activity, was the prototype forming the basis for federal and state racketeering legislation that I have been involved in drafting. The same structure and function, with associated enterprises engaging in patterns of legal and illegal activity, is found in the Amway business."
Download the full RICO report of Professor Blakey HERE.
