The high stone walls of a prison in Nuoro, a remote city on the Italian island of Sardinia, once contained notorious mobsters and convicted terrorists, its fortress-like complex renowned for isolating ...

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

LECCE, Italy — It was a scene straight out of “The Godfather.” On the night of Feb. 1, a bloody goat head with a butcher’s knife through it was left on the doorstep of Judge Francesca Mariano’s home ...

Growing up as the son of an Italian immigrant in the 1990s, the word “mafia” has been in my lexicon for as long as I remember. It was unavoidable in that era. Media at the time was filled with images ...

On Nov. 27, renowned Italian-American filmmaker Martin Scorsese — known for films including “Goodfellas,” “Taxi Driver,” “The Departed” and “The Wolf of Wall Street”— made his Netflix debut with his ...

The arrest of Cosa Nostra mob boss Matteo Messina Denaro at a private health clinic in Palermo on Monday stunned many around the world due to the extraordinary length of time he’d been on the run – ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — When you hear “Kansas City,” what’s the first thing that pops into your mind? Is it the Chiefs? The barbecue? The hundreds of fountains scattered around the city? Maybe it’s all of ...

ROME – Even by Mafia standards, his crimes curdled the blood. Authorities linked him to dozens of murders in the 1990s, including the kidnapping and strangling of a Mafia turncoat’s 12-year-old son, ...

On this day, March 12, in 1909, Joseph Petrosino, a New York City police officer who was a pioneer in the fight against organized crime, was gunned down in Italy. No arrests made as DC 'teens' shot ...

EXCLUSIVE: Netflix has secured rights to true-crime doc series Mafia: Most Wanted. The streamer has taken rights to the three-parter in the U.S. and Italy, while Hearst Networks EMEA has bought it in ...

Mafia: The Old Country doesn't have Italian voice acting, but 2K's now revealed the reason behind what initially looked to be a rather perplexing omission - Hangar 13's elected to go for Sicilian ...

LECCE, Italy (AP) — It was a scene straight out of “The Godfather.” On the night of Feb. 1, a bloody goat head with a butcher’s knife through it was left on the doorstep of Judge Francesca Mariano’s ...