The FBI has little to show for its 13-year investigation into La Cosa Nostra under reputed boss Joseph "Uncle Joe" Ligambi, veteran mob lawyer Edwin Jacobs Jr. told a jury in closing arguments.

May 3 -- Thanks to the false testimony of an informant and an alleged FBI coverup, Joseph Salvati was wrongfully imprisoned for nearly 30 years — and a congressional panel wants to know why. Disturbed ...

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NEW YORK (AP) -- For 23 years, it was an unsolvable crime: a mob hit on three Bonanno family captains, slaughtered by machine gun fire in a social club. The details finally spilled forth this summer ...

Organized crime does its business in spite of law enforcement's efforts to curb those dirty deeds. But what if rogue cops were paid off to help criminals with their exploits? Or even kill for them?

When a law enforcement crackdown on the Texas Mexican Mafia nearly obliterated the criminal organization's San Antonio leadership in 2004, it created a power vacuum that led to Joe “Pancho” Pena's ...