Attorney James McDonald, former FBI agent and one-time federal prosecutor, has a nose for rats, rogue investigators and crooked informants. He also knows a government frame-up when he sees one, he ...

The FBI has little to show for its 13-year investigation into La Cosa Nostra under reputed boss Joseph "Uncle Joe" Ligambi, veteran mob lawyer Edwin Jacobs Jr. told a jury in closing arguments.

Real-life mob narratives are always fascinating to us because they show a version of the mob that is just as ruled by protocol and respect as the fictional depictions are, but show that, whenever ...

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In the 1980s, crime bosses and the families they ruled were forces of nature. John Gotti, in his Brioni suits and fuck-you smile, was known as the “Teflon Don” due to his repeated acquittals, despite ...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- A House committee concluded Thursday that the FBI shielded from prosecution known killers and other criminals whom it used as informants to investigate organized crime in New ...