When Mario Puzo wrote 'The Godfather' in 1969, his goal wasn’t to glorify the Mafia but to portray power in its most intimate ...

Operation Underworld is usually remembered as a secret pact between the Navy and the Mafia to secure America’s wartime docks, ...

Mafia documentaries have clogged the airwaves for decades, but a new one coming to Netflix on Wednesday sets a new standard. Multiple docuseries, generally seen on basic cable, have traditionally ...

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 ...

A film festival at the Glenwood Arts Theater is putting Kansas City’s Mafia history back in the spotlight over the next two weekends. The KC Mafia Film Fest features eight locally made movies focused ...

Italian lawmakers are seeking to expand a program that helps mothers and children break away from organized crime families ...

Netflix's Mob War: Philadelphia vs. the Mafia outlines the battle for power among rival mafiosos in the 1990s. One of its subjects, Joey Merlino, was convicted on racketeering charges in 2001. He ...

Gene Borrello, a former associate of the Bonanno crime family, says people shouldn’t get too excited about the federal case unveiled this week accusing the Mafia of rigging poker games with the help ...

Just four years ago, the FBI chief in Buffalo said the Mafia here was all but dead. “Some of the individuals who were leaders of the Mafia are still around,” said Adam S. Cohen, then special agent in ...

NEW YORK — Decades after a crackdown by prosecutors decimated the ranks of the New York Mafia, the indictment of an NBA coach, a player and nearly three dozen others in a betting scandal highlighted ...