But former prosecutors said the mafia's influence and activities have changed since its heyday in the 20th century, when ...

The Genovese family, founded by Lucky Luciano, earned a reputation as the “Ivy League” of organized crime – disciplined, ...

A former Italian police officer has been placed under house arrest 45 years after allegedly tampering with an investigation ...

The New York mafia is still kicking—and it may be more powerful than experts believed.Several members of New York City’s most ...

What happened to never going against the family? Leaders within the Cosa Nostra, Sicily’s mafia, have reportedly complained that mob recruits aren’t what they used to be, as nearly 150 people ...

Authorities said the "mind-boggling" fraud involved tens of millions of dollars and included members of organised crime.

ROME (Reuters) - Police said they were carrying out searches on Tuesday linked to 25 suspected accomplices of Matteo Messina Denaro, a Sicilian mafia boss who has been on the run for more than two ...

Authorities in Los Angeles announced charges Tuesday against suspected members of a San Pedro gang, including a state ...

The president of the Vatican Court, Giuseppe Pignatone, is under investigation by the Italian judiciary for allegedly collaborating with the Mafia in the early 1990s. Pignatone, 75, is known for his ...

ROME -- Ratted on by fellow wiseguys and hounded by police, struggling American Mafiosi are recruiting Sicilian mobsters, believing the island's hardheaded gangsters are more likely to keep their ...

Much like a board of directors, or even a parent-teacher association, the Sicilian Mafia has been known to operate with a whiff of organizational democracy. In the past, La Cupola, a kind of ...

The blast destroyed the car, damaged another family car next to it, and damaged the front gate of Sigfrido Ranucci's home.