and a lobby member to endeavor to effect a modification of the Usury Laws. This modification, which "Bentham" approves in your paper of Saturday, proposes, if I understand it rightly, to make any ...

"This perverse system not only strengthens the power of criminal families on the territory, but fuels a circuit of money laundering, usury and extortion ... cartels and gangs in Europe are using ...

Usury laws set limits on the amount of interest lenders can charge on loans and are typically set at the state level. There is no federally mandated maximum interest rate for credit cards. For ...