Section 186.1 Of Chapter 9. Criminal Profiteering From California Penal Code >> Title 7. >> Part 1. >> Chapter 9.

. The Legislature hereby finds and declares that an effective means of punishing and deterring criminal activities of organized crime is through the forfeiture of profits acquired and accumulated as a result of such criminal activities. It is the intent of the Legislature that the "California Control of Profits of Organized Crime Act" be used by prosecutors to punish and deter only such activities.