Roberto Mazzarella, head of the Mazzarella clan of the Camorra, the Naples-based organized crime group, was one of Italy's ...

Las Vegas in the 1970s was not simply a city of neon lights and showgirls. It was a fully operational empire, largely run ...

CHICAGO — It seemed like a good idea at the time. A gang of burglars decided in December 1977 to break into the home of Tony Accardo, one of the most powerful men in organized crime history, and rob ...

Illinois gamblers and Illini fans are finding a tangled web if they try to bet on their beloved orange and blue home team in ...

While most no longer receive the headlines they once did, several mafias still exist in the U.S. today. These are some of the ...

The mob era in Las Vegas was marked by violence, theft, and corruption, with millions of dollars stolen from resorts and ...

Frank Sinatra sang his way to the top with chart-toppers, but it was the stories offstage that kept the public intrigued.

CHICAGO — The brother of reputed mob boss James Marcello pleaded guilty to racketeering and other charges Thursday and admitted he paid a witness $4,000 a month to keep silent about unsolved ...

The pope is on the final leg of his Latin American tour. The visit to Cuba comes 14 years after John Paul II's historic visit. Moments after his plane touched down in Santiago, Cuba's second largest ...

One of Wales's best-known political figures, a peer in the House of Lords, has discovered that his own family tree brushes up against the American underworld. His third cousin was Llewellyn Morris ...

Residents are speaking out after a viral video captured a Chicago mother and her nine-year-old son being brutally beaten by a mob of elementary-aged children while walking home from school. "I'm ...

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