Offenses of agreeing, trying or helping to commit an offense, including criminal and civil conspiracy, aiding and abetting, criminal attempt, solicitation and transnational organized crime. An offense belongs here when the wrong lies in the agreement, the attempt or the help given. It excludes the completed offenses themselves. Entries placed here are Criminal Conspiracy, Civil Conspiracy, Aiding and Abetting, Criminal Attempt, Solicitation and Transnational Organized Crime.
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Criminal conspiracy (Wikipedia)
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In criminal law, a conspiracy is an agreement between two or more people to commit a crime at some time in the future.
Transnational organized crime (Wikipedia)
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Transnational organized crime (TOC) is organized crime coordinated across national borders, involving groups or markets of individuals working in more than one country to plan and execute illegal business ventures.
Civil conspiracy (Wikipedia)
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A civil conspiracy is a form of conspiracy involving an agreement between two or more parties to deprive a third party of legal rights or deceive a third party to obtain an illegal objective.
Aiding and abetting (Wikipedia)
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Aiding and abetting is a legal doctrine related to the guilt of someone who aids or abets (encourages, incites) another person in the commission of a crime (or in another's suicide).
Attempt (Wikipedia)
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An attempt to commit a crime occurs if a criminal has an intent to commit a crime and takes a substantial step toward completing the crime, but for reasons not intended by the criminal, the final resulting crime does not occur.
legislation.gov.uk (The National Archives): Serious Crime Act 2007, section 44
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A person commits an offence if, (a) he does an act capable of encouraging or assisting the commission of an offence; and (b) he intends to encourage or assist its commission.
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