In 1986, Italian authorities built a fortified bunker inside a Palermo prison to hold the largest mafia trial in history.

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 ...

The high stone walls of a prison in Nuoro, a remote city on the Italian island of Sardinia, once contained notorious mobsters and convicted terrorists, its fortress-like complex renowned for isolating ...

MILAN (AP) — The death Friday of Salvatore "Toto" Riina, the long-time "boss of bosses" of the Sicilian Mafia, puts the spotlight back on Cosa Nostra, which waged a bloody campaign in the 1980s and ...

Sicilian authorities say items depicting Marlon Brando in The Godfather make light of the bloody feuds carried out by the Sicilian mafia - Nick Squires It has long been synonymous with the murderous ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Italian police arrested almost 150 people Tuesday in a major operation against the Sicilian mafia in Palermo, areas of which ...

A luxury ocean liner burned and capsized in New York Harbor on Feb. 9, 1942. The SS Normandie, being converted into a troopship, caught fire during welding work and took 6,000 tons of water from ...

Mafia: The Old Country takes fans of the franchise on a tour of 1900s Sicily, as protagonist Enzo Favara finds himself getting tangled up in the web of the Sicilian mafia. Promising a compelling ...