When most of us think of Al Capone, we probably think of him as this big, formidable mafia boss who was untouchable. Most of our perception of Capone likely comes from movies and TV shows that ...

Although the mafia is something that one wouldn’t want to associate with, there’s much curiosity among people to learn about some of the biggest mob crimes. There’s no shortage of movies and TV shows ...

Mark Hospodar has been an avid gamer ever since he fired up the original Medal of Honor on his PS1. A history teacher by training, Mark has branched out into the fields of fiction and non-fiction ...

Donnie Brasco tells the real-life story of a young FBI agent who goes undercover in the Bonanno crime family to take them down from the inside. The movie starts in 1978 when Lefty Ruggiero of the ...

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 story of notorious “Mob Cops” Stephen Caracappa and Louis Eppolito — decorated NYPD detectives who secretly moonlighted as Mafia hitmen — may be heading to television as a true crime series.

Christopher Colombo was nine years old when his father, Joseph Colombo, Sr., was shot at a rally in Columbus Circle, in 1971. His father was the boss of the Colombo crime family, one of the five ...

The Mafia’s presence in Las Vegas, New York and other large American cities has been long documented and romanticized, and seeing the mob back in the headlines in 2025 shouldn’t be surprising, ...

A maxi-trial opened Wednesday in southern Italy against the ‘ndrangheta crime syndicate, arguably the world's richest criminal organization that quietly amassed power in Italy as the Sicilian Mafia ...

Mafia Mamma coulda been a contender, a sharp idea to throw an unsuspecting wife, mother and frustrated businesswoman into a new life as the head of an Italian crime family. Instead, though blessed to ...

Just four years ago, the FBI chief in Buffalo said the Mafia here was all but dead. “Some of the individuals who were leaders of the Mafia are still around,” said Adam S. Cohen, then special agent in ...

Palm Springs is known for its swanky mid-century modern architecture and being the playground to the stars, but it was also once the place where wise guys relaxed in the sun and, more terrifyingly, ...