Louisiana lawmaker wants to crack down on white-collar crime

A new effort in Louisiana seeks to cut down on white-collar crime

Law enforcement agencies and private investigators require sophisticated skip tracking tools to find debtors and individuals who commit white-collar crimes. Newly proposed legislation in Louisiana aims to increase the list of criminal violations these individuals would be subject to if tracked down and charged by police.

Representative Cameron Henry introduced HB99 into the Louisiana state House of Representatives this past week. The bill aims to widen the definition of the term "racketeering," which broadly defines acts in which individuals coerce others to commit a crime.

Under Henry's proposal, 15 additional acts would qualify for a racketeering charge, specifically: public bribery, corrupt influencing, public intimidation and retaliation, threatening a public official, terrorism, aiding others in terrorism, intimidating, impeding or injuring witnesses, injuring public records, filing or maintaining false public records, abuse of office, public salary deduction, public salary extortion, public payroll fraud, public contract fraud, and prohibited splitting of profits, fees, or commissions.

With more actions on which to make their determinations, prosecutors will be able to target criminals who have exhibited a pattern of harmful behavior, Henry said. Similarly, district attorneys would be able to seek civil judgments on behalf of individuals or businesses that suffered as a result of the crimes.

"My bill will expand those crimes which can be included in the racketeering statute and give our prosecutors additional tools in prosecuting criminal behavior," said Henry.

However, before bringing an individual to justice on charges such as racketeering, law enforcement officials need to actually track down the criminal. This can be particularly difficult among white-collar criminals who may have fled in the wake of a crime.

Sophisticated skip tracing tools, backed by a comprehensive people search database, can be a law enforcement official's most reliable asset for locating skippers.

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