La Cosa Nostra, commonly known as the Mafia, is a long-running organized crime network that originated in Sicily and took root in major U.S. cities. The group, structured around “families,” has been ...

If you were following along with the press conference on the FBI sports gambling probe that led to the arrests of Chauncey Billups, current NBA player Terry Rozier and others, you may have heard the ...

How, from 1974 to 1993, Totò Riina (1930-2017), supreme boss of the Corleone family, ruled by blood and terror over the Sicilian Mafia. An implacable account, based ...

The FBI announced arrests in a major sports-betting and illegal gambling scandal involving the Mafia. Four of New York's major Mafia families were allegedly involved in the long-running criminal ...

Scores of people suspected of being affiliated with the resurgent mob were arrested Tuesday during overnight raids in Palermo and the surrounding area. By Elisabetta Povoledo The defendants have ...