A scheme run out of an Angola jail cell led to the murder of a prominent Biloxi couple and the downfall of a local mayor.

Once-sworn enemies in Hispanic gangs have set aside decades of violence to form a "super gang," cashing in on drugs, ...

In 1986, Italian authorities built a fortified bunker inside a Palermo prison to hold the largest mafia trial in history.

NUORO, Italy, Feb 7 (Reuters) - In Nuoro, a remote city on the Italian island of Sardinia, a high stone wall rings ‌the ...

A federal judge Thursday put off sentencing of the ex-wife of reputed Orange County Mexican Mafia chief Johnny Martinez for a month because the defendant was too grief-stricken from a death in the ...

Italian police arrested almost 150 people Tuesday in a major operation against the Sicilian mafia in Palermo, areas of which remain in the grip of powerful Cosa Nostra clans. Warrants were issued ...

NPR's A Martinez talks to Louis Ferrante about the first volume of his Borgata trilogy on the history of the American Mafia. Ferrante is a former high-ranking member of the Gambino crime family.

The well-known Bills Mafia House on Fay Street in Orchard Park has been listed for sale after 14 years of ownership.