Made editorial changes and to include "See Also" and "External Links". Paradigmbuff 18:14, Jan 31, 2005 (UTC)

See also, insurance companiesextortion is the best thing that you could ever do.

Contents 1 Poorly worded remark 2 Crime against property v. crime against person 3 Extortion and the Romans? 4 Geographic scope 5 Britain 6 What maeks this difference from theft? 7 Exaction v. Extortion

[edit] Poorly worded remark

This remark needs either expansion or deletion:

"The United States defines extortion as: The term "extortion" means the obtaining of property from another, with his consent, induced by wrongful use of actual or threatened force, violence, or fear, or under color of official right."

Where in the United States is this definition used exactly? U.S. law consists of 51 sets of written codes (the federal governement's and those of the individual states (neglecting for the moment city and county ordinances)), plus the common law. Extortion as defined in one jurisdiction may not be the same as defined in another. It needs to be made clear what this definition refers to.

[edit] Crime against property v. crime against person

In the table on the right hand side extortion is listed as a crime against persons, it is actually a property crime.

Although it's very likely there are jurisidictions that place extortion under under Crimes against property, I'm pretty sure there are a good number of others that place them under Crimes against the person. See Hawaii Revised Statutes Chapter 707 (Offenses against Property), Part VII (Extortion), comprised of sections 707-760 through 707-769. Also, I moved the anonymous user's comment into a new section as it is not related to Poorly Worded Remark section above. IMHO (talk) 03:14, 14 July 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Extortion and the Romans?

Correct me if I am mistaken, but didn't the Roman Republic/Empire call any fiducary crimes extortion? --V. Joe 22:06, 10 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Geographic scope

I placed the tag on the article because the article does not mention "extortion" being a crime in non-American jurisdictions. For example, what does Canadian law say about extortion, what does Poland say, etc... If that isn't easily found, at the very least, both Napoleonic Law (Code Napoleon) and common law deserve entries and explanations in this article... Thanks V. Joe 16:27, 26 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Britain

Just because its illegal in Scotland doesn't mean its ilegal in England. 87.194.35.230 02:44, 14 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] What maeks this difference from theft?

that its done in style and wtih class? 199.117.69.60 (talk) 20:30, 20 April 2009 (UTC)

No, the fact that the person is doing the action of transferring the property. Your question is the same as asking what the difference is between forgery and signature under duress. Same thing exactly. 79.122.0.138 (talk) 15:57, 25 April 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Exaction v. Extortion

Exaction and extortion are not synonymous. An exaction is a part of property law (a condition on development). Verkhovensky (talk) 17:18, 24 November 2009 (UTC)

I realized my former comment may need a bit more context. Exaction was a redirect to Extortion, but that has now been corrected. Verkhovensky (talk) 22:40, 24 November 2009 (UTC)