The New York mafia is still kicking—and it may be more powerful than experts believed. Several members of New York City’s most prominent crime families were among the dozens of people arrested on ...

When thousands of Italian immigrants arrived in America in the early 1900s, they brought more than culture - they brought the foundations of a criminal empire. What began as secret societies from ...

The FBI chased the "Real Sopranos" for decades without breaking them, until one arrest changed everything. Behind the HBO hit series was a real mafia family operating in New Jersey and New York: the ...

Behind the glass doors of an unassuming building in Manhattan, staring across a shuttered print shop, a shadowy world stirred, coming alive with the flick of cards, the muted clink of glasses and the ...

The Netflix docuseries 'Mafia: Most Wanted' investigates the complex criminal world of the 'Ndrangheta family Caroline Blair is a writer for PEOPLE. She has been writing about celebrities, ...

The infamous Gambino Crime Family wreaked havoc in the city of New York during the 20th century. They were an Italian-American Mafia crime family and one of the “Five Families” that ruled over the ...

Four of the city’s five Mafia families were part of a high-tech scheme that netted $7 million, prosecutors said, by fleecing high rollers at illegal poker games. By William K. Rashbaum In New York ...

To many people, especially New Jerseyans, the terms "organized crime" and "the Mafia" conjure thoughts of fictionalized entertainment such as "The Godfather" or "The Sopranos." Attorney General ...

The son of a legendary Mafia capo, a newbie made man and a mobster who did time for an infamous Queens racial attack were among the 13 reputed mobsters busted alongside NBA stars in a sweeping, ...