New Jersey legislation · 2026-2027 Regular Session
New Jersey A5560: Transnationally organized criminality-establish crime
Status: In committee, September 24, 2026
Establishes crime of transnationally organized criminality.
What the bill says
An Act concerning transnational criminal organizations and supplementing Title 2C of the New Jersey Statutes. Jersey: 1. a. As used in this act: Country means the United States or any other foreign country, including any political subdivision, territory, dependency, or possession of that country. Serious bodily injury means bodily injury that creates a substantial risk of death, causes serious, permanent disfigurement, or results in a protracted loss or impairment of the function of any bodily member or organ. Transnational criminal organization means a group of three or more persons act.
From the introduced text, September 24, 2026:
An Act concerning transnational criminal organizations and supplementing Title 2C of the New Jersey Statutes. Jersey: 1. a. As used in this act: Country means the United States or any other foreign country, including any political subdivision, territory, dependency, or possession of that country. Serious bodily injury means bodily injury that creates a substantial risk of death, causes serious, permanent disfigurement, or results in a protracted loss or impairment of the function of any bodily member or organ. Transnational criminal organization means a group of three or more persons acting in concert to commit or attempt to commit any crime enumerated in subsection c of this section, if the conduct constituting the crime or attempt occurs in: (1) more than one country; (2) one country, but a substantial part of its preparation, planning, direction, or control occurs in another country; (3) one country, but the group engages in criminal activities in more than one country; or (4) one country, but the criminal activity has substantial effects in another country. b. A person is guilty of transnationally organized criminality if, for the benefit of, at the direction of, or in association with a transnational criminal organization, the person knowingly commits, attempts to commit, or conspires to commit, any crime set forth in subsection d. of this section. c. Transnationally organized criminality …