In 1986, Italian authorities built a fortified bunker inside a Palermo prison to hold the largest mafia trial in history.

When World War II ended, and the United States stood triumphant, another, quieter victory was unfolding beneath the surface. Organized crime families, once hunted relentlessly by prosecutors and ...

A luxury ocean liner burned and capsized in New York Harbor on Feb. 9, 1942. The SS Normandie, being converted into a troopship, caught fire during welding work and took 6,000 tons of water from ...

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 ...

The New global mafia poses the most serious criminal threat in history. A team of NEWSWEEK correspondents spent a month on the trail. The report: ON THE VIA NOTARBARTOLO in Palermo, Sicily, stands a ...

Mafia: The Old Country takes fans of the franchise on a tour of 1900s Sicily, as protagonist Enzo Favara finds himself getting tangled up in the web of the Sicilian mafia. Promising a compelling ...

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." ...