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 ...

After three years on the run, mafia boss Ciro Andolfi is arrested in Naples: his secret hideout is dismantled and extortion operations in Barra and the surrounding area are halted.

The Navy suspected sabotage. German U-boats had sunk 120 American merchant ships in the first three months after Pearl Harbor ...

This is the moment a Mafia boss in charge of one of Italy’s most notorious crime families was arrested by armed police. Footage released by the Italian Ministry of Defence on Tuesday (7 October) shows ...

How the FBI cracked the real-life crime family behind HBO's "The Sopranos" using one shocking arrest to bring down the entire ...

A French former mafia boss described as “the godfather” has died after being shot and then run over on a motorway near the city of Grenoble. Jean-Pierre Maldera, who was a regional mafia bigwig in the ...

It turns out the American mafia was a willing partner. Organized crime in the United States had its own bone to pick with ...

In his acting career, Robert DeNiro has portrayed a godfather, an Irishman, and a good fella. Now, he plays a pair of wise guys. In “The Alto Knights,” DeNiro plays not one, but two infamous mobsters: ...

CORLEONE, Italy, April 14, 2006 — -- Deep in the hills outside Palermo, Italy, is a medieval farm town with a history written in blood. The town's name -- Corleone -- literally means "Lionheart." ...