One of Chicago's most infamous gang leaders is now asking Gov. JB Pritzker for clemency after winning a pardon from President Donald Trump earlier this year.

Salvatore (Sam) Giancana headed the Chicago Outfit during the late 1950s and 1960s. Nicknamed “Mooney” or “Momo” for his temper, the Chicago native rose from a juvenile delinquent to the crime ...

How rich was Al Capone? We separate Outfit revenue from his take, translate to today’s dollars and bust myths.

CHICAGO -- If Oscar nominee "The Irishman" was embodied as a Chicago mobster, he would already have been killed for making too many mistakes. The Chicago Outfit has a long and bloody history of ...

On July 9, 1951, three oddly dressed robbers approached a security truck owned by Brink’s while it was parked at the Bowman Dairy Company near Goose Island. The only thing standing between the shotgun ...

CHICAGO -- If Oscar nominee "The Irishman" was embodied as a Chicago mobster, he would already have been killed for making too many mistakes. The Chicago Outfit has a long and bloody history of ...

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