He lied to protect the Bonanno crime family. He lied to protect himself,” federal prosecutors said during closing arguments.

Reformed mobster Anthony Ruggiano Jr. rates scenes from "Goodfellas," "The Godfather," and "The Sopranos." ...

A former New York detective who moonlighted by working for a mafia family and helped fuel a mini-mob war on Long Island while trying to protect its gambling operations was convicted Wednesday of ...

However, only a few of them stand out as true historical tales of both the glamour and tragedy of American mafia families. Inside the American Mob is a National Geographic documentary series ...

Hector Rosario was among nine people charged; prosecutors say the other defendants had colorful nicknames like "Joe Fish" and "Sal the Shoemaker." ...

Already a strong presence in New York, members of the Mafia saw a business opportunity in catering to the otherwise shunned gay population. By the mid-1960s, the Genovese crime family controlled ...

A former police detective in New York has been found guilty of lying to the FBI in order to protect a Mafia family’s illegal gambling operations.

NEW YORK (AP) — A former police detective was convicted Wednesday of lying to the FBI in order to protect a Mafia family’s illegal gambling operations in the New York City suburbs. Hector ...