Matteo Messina Denaro, one of the leaders of the Sicilian mafia, the Cosa Nostra, has finally been detained after 30 years on the run. His arrest came as around 100 police officers surrounded the ...

Italian American organized crime may conjure images of classic gangster flicks, but as James B. Jacobs explores in the Crime and Justice article "The Rise and Fall of Organized Crime in the United ...

The arrest of Cosa Nostra mob boss Matteo Messina Denaro at a private health clinic in Palermo on Monday stunned many around the world due to the extraordinary length of time he’d been on the run – ...

During a press conference, authorities said that Billups has been charged in an indictment alleging a scheme to rig underground poker games. These were backed by La Cosa Nostra crime families. In ...

La Cosa Nostra, commonly known as the Mafia, is a long-running organized crime network that originated in Sicily and took root in major U.S. cities. The group, structured around “families,” has been ...

The Sicilian gangs established the model for other mafias. They meted out local justice in the 1800s, then grew in power and sophistication. Cosa Nostra means "our thing" - it is the original Mafia, ...

They're violent, they're ruthless, they have caused misery to many, but you can't fault their business sense: mafia bosses know how to make a profit. Its practices may be largely illegal, but Cosa ...

Sports-lover turned journalist, born and bred in Scotland, with a passion for football (soccer). He’s also a keen follower of NFL, NBA, golf and tennis, among others, and always has an eye on the ...

After a crackdown by law enforcement, mafia clans have turned from violence and intimidation to corruption and collusion “Riina was still the boss of Cosa Nostra when he died. No one had taken his ...

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A year later, his heir apparent, Salvatore Lo Piccolo, was captured. "If in 2006 we were able to bring Cosa Nostra to its knees, with this operation we have kept it from getting back on its feet," ...

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