Title 18, United States
Code, Section 659 - Theft From Interstate Shipment
Makes it a federal offense
to steal or obtain by fraud anything from a conveyance,
depot or terminal, any shipment being transported in interstate
or foreign commerce. The statute also prohibits the "fencing"
of such stolen property.
Title 18, United States
Code, Section 1951 - Interference with Commerce by Threats
of Violence (Hobbs Act)
Makes it a federal offense
to obstruct interstate commerce by robbery or extortion
or to use or threaten to use violence against any person
or property in interstate commerce.
Title 18, United States
Code, Section 2314 and 2315 - Interstate Transportation
of Stolen Property
Prohibits the transportation
in interstate or foreign commerce of any goods with a
value of $5,000 or more knowing the goods to be stolen.
These statutes also prohibit the "fencing" of
such goods.
Title 18, United States
Code, Section 668 - Theft of Major Artwork
Makes it a federal offense
to obtain by theft or fraud any object of cultural heritage
from a museum. The statute also prohibits the "fencing"
or possession of such objects, knowing them to be stolen.
Title 18, United States
Code, Section 1170 - Illegal Trafficking in Native American
Human Remains and Cultural Items
Prohibits the sale of the
human remains or cultural artifacts of Native Americans
without the right of possession of those items in accordance
with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation
Act.
Title 18, United States
Code, Section 641 and 2114 - Theft of Government Property
Makes it illegal to steal
or embezzle any government property or to commit robbery
of government property. Prosecutive guidelines are established
by the United States Attorney in each federal judicial
district.
