Cosa Nostra means "our thing" - it is the original Mafia, with a capital M, based on family clans. It is famous for the "omertà" - a code of silence demanding extreme loyalty. Turncoats risk ...

the franchise is centered primarily around gritty and grounded portrayals of the rise of organized crime families as far back as the 1930s, with immense inspiration being taken from the real-world ...

As his term comes to an end, President Joe Biden is making headlines with his decisions on pardons and clemency. The latest ...

Organized crime families owned the majority of the city's gay bars and clubs in an unlikely but mutually beneficial association that lasted throughout the late 1960s. In the early 1960s ...

Instead, the real twist revealed by the documents was ... Despite the varying quality of their Italian recruits, American crime families have continued to rely on a stream of such soldiers ...

In March Italy decided to expand a controversial program to remove children from their mafia families to break the cycle of criminal behavior being passed down to new generations.