Mobsters, Mafia | featured news

A man crossing a busy Los Angeles-area boulevard was twice struck by hit-and-run drivers, a woman who tried to help him was hit by yet another car, and the driver who tried to help her was beaten and robbed by a mob ...

In a major blow to New York's five Mafia crime families, federal agents have arrested more than 100 suspected mobsters.

Salvatore Vitale, the underboss who pleaded guilty to 11 murders, likely will enter the witness protection program.

Anti-mafia prosecutors claimed a major victory over the powerful and growing 'ndrangheta crime syndicate, infiltrating intimate weddings, baptisms and other events to gather information that led to the arrests Tuesday of 305 people, including top bosses, and the seizure of more than euro60 million ($76 million) in cash and property.