When World War II ended, and the United States stood triumphant, another, quieter victory was unfolding beneath the surface.

The arrest of Matteo Messina Denaro, one of Sicily’s most infamous mafia bosses, has reminded many Italians of the extreme ...

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 ...

NEW YORK AP Authorities arrested dozens of people Thursday in a sweeping Mafia takedown aimed at closing the book on decades-old gangland killings and other crimes and knocking out what's left of the ...

In the annals of organized crime, the gangsters and mobsters that operated in the United States throughout the early and ...