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The reputed members and associates of the Lucchese organized crime family had been raking in the “scharole” with their “Rhino ...

Five Mafia members and associates have pleaded guilty to racketeering, money laundering and gambling charges for running an illegal betting operation in New York City.

The European Court of Human Rights has ruled that Italy violated the right to life of those living in a toxic-waste polluted ...

Flickr Where Wise Guys Wined and Dined In the glory days of New York’s mob scene, these restaurants served as more than just ...

Father Maurizio Patriciello lost four relatives to cancers he blames on toxic waste dumps operated by the mafia in southern ...

After years of feeling "invisible" as she managed her daughter's cancer, Antonietta Moccia said she hopes a European court on ...

Four decades after Jeannette May’s remains were found on an Italian mountainside, the authorities have reopened the ...

The climate crisis is pouring gasoline on these blazes, but the Mafia may be lighting the spark, according to new research. While hot, dry winds prime the land for Italy’s ferocious fires ...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — As President Donald Trump cracks down on immigrants in the U.S. illegally, some families are wondering if it is safe to send their children to school. In many districts ...

Each summer, the remote Italian island of Alicudi attracts a slow drip of tourists looking to escape the trappings of modernity. There are no cars or even roads on the two-square-mile volcanic ...