Jury convicts Duane ‘Keffe D’ Davis in Tupac Shakur murder after years of public admissions

A few pages in a memoir led to a murder conviction for Duane “Keffe D” Davis, who was charged with…


Reputed Irish drug lord Daniel Kinahan is flown to Dublin to stand trial

After a decade away from Ireland, the accused leader of a global criminal organization is imprisoned back home near Dublin,…


Benny Binion’s million-dollar gamble lives on 75 years later

On August 14, 1951, Benny Binion opened the Horseshoe Club in downtown Las Vegas. Binion’s Horseshoe would become a cornerstone…


Recent criminal cases show the Buffalo Mafia never really disappeared

Federal prosecutors reveal how Magaddino crime family endured under the Todaro clan


On June 17, 1979, Vic Weiss’ body was discovered in the trunk of his Rolls-Royce in North Hollywood, a suspected Mob hit. Associated Press

Jerry Tarkanian’s Lakers coaching contract vanished after a suspected Mob hit

The 1979 murder of Vic Weiss may have cost Jerry Tarkanian the Lakers job. Explore the Mob ties, Tony Spilotro’s alleged role and the enduring cold case.


Mobbed-up soccer hooligans create chaos in southern Europe

This summer, all eyes are on North America as Canada, Mexico, and the United States host the 2026 World Cup….


MS-13 member Jose Luis Reynaldo Reyes-Castillo, left, listens to an interpreter through headphones next to his attorney during his murder trial in Las Vegas. The Mob Museum Collection

MS-13’s history of brutality led to killing spree in Las Vegas

At the end of 2017, Richie Gaudio was launching fireworks in his East Las Vegas driveway to ring in the…


Piracy became patriotism during the American Revolution

In late 1775, the Thirteen Colonies were in trouble. The British Parliament had enacted the Prohibitory Act in response to…


Although Mafia boss Joe Colombo survived the June 28, 1971, shooting, it left him paralyzed and comatose until he died seven years later. Corbis

Did Gregory Scarpa Sr. mastermind the attempted assassination of Joe Colombo?

On June 28, 1971, 55 years ago, Mafia boss Joe Colombo’s march in Manhattan’s Columbus Circle would be his last….


In the upcoming film By Any Means, actor Mark Wahlberg wears facial prosthetics to transform into the spitting image of Colombo crime family capo Gregory Scarpa Sr. Paramount Pictures

Mark Wahlberg portrays Mafia killer Gregory Scarpa Sr. in ‘By Any Means’

During the summer of 1964, New York City mobster Gregory Scarpa Sr. traveled south to rural Mississippi and, using violent scare…