European Union: Organized crime deemed ‘highest’ security risk, greater than terrorism

Many of Europe’s top police officers were in the Netherlands last week attending a high-level conference focused on doing a…


Journalist tracks history of New York Mafia

In the summer of 1963, Joseph Valachi, longtime Mafia soldier involved in more than a score of gangland killings for…


Too early for obituaries

The recent indictments of 46 bosses, capos and members of several marquee New York organized crime families suggests that the…


Author disputes Mafia witness testimony in Lufthansa robbery case

Written: January 6, 2016 —  Scroll to the bottom for a story update On November 12, in a stunning upset for the…


Mob classic “Goodfellas” debuted in theaters twenty-five years ago

Monday marks a quarter-century since Goodfellas was released in American theaters. It was the highest-grossing movie of the September 21-23,…