What happened to never going against the family? Leaders within the Cosa Nostra, Sicily’s mafia, have reportedly complained that mob recruits aren’t what they used to be, as nearly 150 people ...

Seated next to Ishaan Tharoor, Financial Times columnist Gideon Rachman chimed in, saying, "With mafia families, you get ...

Former "boss of bosses" Toto Riina, one of the most feared Godfathers in the history of the Sicilian Mafia, died early Friday after battling cancer, Italian media reported. Riina, who had been serving ...

Singer Daniele De Martino, from Sicily, has condemned ‘pentiti’ or turncoats in his lyrics - mafia gangsters who decide to cooperate with the authorities Italian pop singers who glamorise the bling ...

A mafia boss listed by Italian authorities as one of the "100 Most Dangerous Fugitives" was arrested by police after three years on the run. According to local media, including Agenzianova, on the ...

The last time a reputed mafia boss was killed in New York, it was 1985. So the death of Francesco Cali, shot dead outside his home on Staten Island Wednesday night, is getting a lot of attention. Cali ...

CORLEONE, Italy, April 14, 2006 — -- Deep in the hills outside Palermo, Italy, is a medieval farm town with a history written in blood. The town's name -- Corleone -- literally means "Lionheart." ...