Members of the Lucchese crime family were among 39 people arrested last week for illegal gambling activity. The family is one of the Five Families of organized crime in the New York City area, using ...

Many may overlook the real-life figures who inspired legendary fictional Mafia bosses like Don Corleone and Tony Soprano. Mob-themed shows and films frequently draw inspiration from infamous Mafia ...

Associates of four of New York's infamous "five families" crime syndicates allegedly backed a multimillion-dollar poker con that used elaborate technology to cheat unsuspecting players — and brought ...

Four of the city’s five Mafia families were part of a high-tech scheme that netted $7 million, prosecutors said, by fleecing high rollers at illegal poker games. By William K. Rashbaum In New York ...

The New York mafia is still kicking—and it may be more powerful than experts believed. Several members of New York City’s most prominent crime families were among the dozens of people arrested on ...