George E. Norcross III urged a judge Tuesday to throw out racketeering charges filed against him and five allies earlier this year, deriding state prosecutors’ case as one filled with “trite” and “banal” allegations that amount to little more than “a crime thriller with no crime.

The 111-page indictment charging George Norcross and his allies with extortion and other crimes is "a crime thriller with no crime," Norcross' attorneys allege in a new filing.

The insurance executive and his five co-defendants argue New Jersey prosecutors did not establish any crimes, calling their alleged threats 'everyday, hardball business.'

Claiming they were simply using “hardball business negotiations” and not threats, George Norcross and his co-defendants are moving to dismiss a racketeering indictment involving development on the Camden waterfront.

South Jersey power broker George Norcross III is seeking to dismiss racketeering charges brought against him by the New Jersey Attorney General.