Many may overlook the real-life figures who inspired legendary fictional Mafia bosses like Don Corleone and Tony Soprano. Mob-themed shows and films frequently draw inspiration from infamous Mafia ...

Members of the Lucchese crime family were among 39 people arrested last week for illegal gambling activity. The family is one of the Five Families of organized crime in the New York City area, using ...

Associates of four of New York's infamous "five families" crime syndicates allegedly backed a multimillion-dollar poker con that used elaborate technology to cheat unsuspecting players — and brought ...

Four of the city’s five Mafia families were part of a high-tech scheme that netted $7 million, prosecutors said, by fleecing high rollers at illegal poker games. By William K. Rashbaum In New York ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." In 1931, following decades of turf warfare, Brooklyn bootlegger Salvatore Maranzano established the ...

The FBI announced arrests in a major sports-betting and illegal gambling scandal involving the Mafia. Four of New York's major Mafia families were allegedly involved in the long-running criminal ...

The upcoming Prime Video documentary The Merchants of Joy looks into the operations of five families who run Christmas tree businesses in New York City PEOPLE is exclusively premiering the trailer The ...