New York 'Mafia cops' seek bail
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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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When U.S. authorities arrested suspected Mafia figures with nicknames like Jackie Nose and Tommy Sneakers, it sounded like a crime tale from a bygone era.
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The battle for Central Park heads to court today as organizers of what could be the largest demonstration in New York history make a last-ditch bid to overturn a ban on their
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By Jeremy Harrell  Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy has proposed a mediation hearing next Wednesday in an effort to resolve a bitter real-estate fight that could cost Long Island the headquarters of CanonUSA.
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A three-man Turkish police team is in Vienna to bring back a top mafia boss after an Austrian court ruled for his extradition to his homeland to stand trial, the Anatolia news agency reported Wednesday.
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In the Mafia's slang they are scorned as the "scappati" Â the "runaways" Â a crime clan that sought refuge in the United States more than 20 years ago after being nearly wiped out in one of Sicily's bloodiest mob wars.
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By Matt Gryta, The Buffalo News, N.Y.  Mar. 8--The attorney for the main suspect in the disappearance of two  elderly Southtowns women complained today about prosecutors using anonymous  "sources" to keep his client jailed on six-figure bail in an unrelated house  burglary.
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American and Italian authorities arrested dozens of people Thursday in a takedown of the remnants of New York's Gambino crime family also meant to cripple a trans-Atlantic drug trafficking operation run by the Mafia.
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Two New York teenagers were in police custody Wednesday facing illegal computer access and attempted extortion charges after they allegedly threatened to shake down the popular Web site MySpace.com unless its operators paid them &#36;150,000, prosecutors said.
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The U.S. Justice Department is asking a federal judge in Miami to approve forfeiture of $110 million from U.S.-based financial institutions that were allegedly used to launder money from an Italian corruption ... via PR-inside.com
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Federal prosecutors launched a broad legal assault on two of Chinatown's most prominent organized crime groups Friday, aiming to disrupt a new wave of mobsters who thrive in a global economy by smuggling ...
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Police on Wednesday were pleading for witnesses to help them track down members of an angry mob that beat a man to death after the car he was riding in apparently struck and injured a child.
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Bank of New York reportedly is negotiating with federal prosecutors to avert a potential criminal indictment. The Wall Street Journal reports that the bank is facing charges it failed to report suspicious activity at one of its branches.
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Two state troopers were shot and critically injured last night in western New York, and the police said their main suspect is a fugitive that broke out of jail in April.
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Alleged mafia boss Joey 'the Clown' Lombardo and four others go on trial in the US city of Chicago.
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Detectives confirm arrest in Moscow of mafia boss wanted by both US and UK
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A judge denied bail Monday for three men accused of plotting to bomb New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport, ordering them to remain in jail until a hearing on a U.S. request for their extradition.