The Mafia’s presence in Las Vegas, New York and other large American cities has been long documented and romanticized, and seeing the mob back in the headlines in 2025 shouldn’t be surprising, ...

The Mob Museum in downtown Las Vegas opened a groundbreaking new exhibit today that explores how organized crime has evolved from "street shakedowns" to "cyber shakedowns" in the digital age. Dog and ...

Malaysian rapper Namewee has turned himself in to police, pledging to cooperate in the investigation into the death of Taiwanese influencer Iris Hsieh, which is being treated as murder. The rapper has ...

A peek at the "Digital Underground" exhibit. Credit: Courtesy Mob Museum The newest exhibit at Las Vegas's Mob Museum may not contain flashy items like Bugsy Siegel's sunglasses or the bloody wall ...

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While shows like The Sopranos are works of fiction, the mafia is, in fact, real. A new three-part Netflix documentary shines a light on the conflict between warring mob factions in Philadelphia during ...

Kentray Young was shot and killed on June 19, 2020, in the Chatman neighborhood. The Chicago rapper was signed to Chief Keef's record label. Demitri Jackson was accused of being in the same street ...

Organized crime in America is fairly fixed in its geographical associations, not counting the Corleones of Long Island. Chicago has The Outfit. New England the Patriarcas. New York the fabled Five ...

A 22-year-old woman was found guilty of manslaughter in the ambush killing of Jacksonville rapper Julio Foolio. Prosecutors argued she acted as a lookout, helping track the rapper's location before ...

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 ...