Mob moll says Mafiosi helped FBI
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The FBI used mob muscle to solve the 1964 disappearance of three civil rights volunteers in Mississippi, a gangster's ex-girlfriend testified Monday, becoming the first witness to repeat in open court a story that has been underworld lore for years.
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Investigators have identified at least six people who organized an angry mob, threw paint thinner on two federal agents they believed were kidnappers and set them ablaze, federal authorities said Thursday.
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(New York-WABC, October 25, 2004) - The FBI is calling off the search of a so-called &quot;mob graveyard&quot; in Queens. Searchers combed the vacant lot in Ozone Park earlier this month, recovering bones believed
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Police on Monday captured the top boss of a powerful organized crime syndicate whose clan feuds have bloodied southern Italy for years, authorities said Monday.
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It was a sensational case that seemed wrapped up when guilty verdicts and life sentences were announced earlier this year against two former police detectives accused of being hit men for the mob.
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Interpol president Jackie Selebi accused of 'wining and dining the mafia set' and protecting criminal interests.
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VANCOUVER (CP) - A man who killed his brother in a machete attack, became a mole for the FBI and then accepted &#36;460,000 to testify against an accused bomber is actually an honourable man, a Crown prosecutor argued Monday.
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ALBANY, New York  - A Muslim accused of helping an   FBI informant in a fake plot to kill a diplomat has associated   with known Islamist militants and sympathized with their   violent causes, a terrorism expert testified at his trial on   Wednesday.
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WASHINGTON - While the Justice Department has walked away in embarrassment from a major terror conviction in Detroit, the top FBI official there is insisting his agency likely thwarted a terrorist attack by arresting the four men who were prosecuted.   "You should be proud of the excellent investigative work conducted by the JTTF (Joint Terrorism Task Force) in Detroit, and everyone should recognize that their efforts may have prevented another attack," Special Agent in Charge Daniel Roberts wrote last week in an e-mail to his entire office...
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The watchdog group that first provided the FBI with suspicious e-mails from then-Rep. Mark Foley (R-Fla.) said yesterday that FBI and Justice Department officials are  attempting to cover up their inaction in the case by making false claims about the group.
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PALERMO, Italy  - An Italian court found a close  political ally and business associate of Prime Minister Silvio  Berlusconi guilty of colluding with the Mafia, and sentenced  him on Saturday to nine years in prison.
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The FBI identifies possible fraud through techniques approved for terrorist investigations, the DOJ reports.
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An Italian police officer is due in court  to answer charges that he had links with the Mafia.
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NEW YORK - Police and federal agents found remains of two people believed to be former Mafia captains after expanding excavation work at a Queens lot reportedly used by a New York crime family, authorities said.    Searchers had recovered bones and other tissue in a shoe, ribs, a partial jaw and teeth and two personal items that led investigators to believe they had the remains of Bonanno crime family captains Philip Giaccone and Dominick Trinchera, law enforcement officials familiar with the dig said Tuesday on condition of anonymity...
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The nation's top two law enforcement officials acknowledged Friday the FBI broke the law to secretly pry out personal information about Americans. They apologized and vowed to prevent further illegal intrusions.
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Authorities believed the suspects provided support to the three Islamic militants who were arrested yesterday, an official said.
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An FBI informant who set himself on fire in front of the White House played a role in at least three terror investigations, court documents show.