No-stra. A Mafia captain was sentenced Wednesday for running an illegal online betting operation that netted nearly $25 ...

For decades, John “Sonny” Franzese was a notorious mobster in the Colombo crime family and a formidable figure in the New York Mafia. Born in 1917, Franzese’s criminal career spanned ...

The Bonannos and Genoveses, two of New York City's five mafia families, generally kept to their separate spheres during the 1980s and into the early 2000s, said a long-time mob investigator.

As a child born and raised in Red Hook, Brooklyn, all the young Frank Dimatteo ever wanted to be was a mobster, as he and co-author Michael Benson write in ‘Red Hook – Brooklyn Mafia, Ground ...

In the 1980s, New York City's Italian Mafia was spared by the Irish Mob after a few too many glasses of Irish whiskey got in the way. Seamus Hanratty @IrishCentral. Mar 22, 2023.

IN the 1970s the Big Apple was known as ‘Fear City’ for its lawless streets gripped by drugs, mob violence and gruesome murders. Former New York Mafia prince Michael Franzese witnessed … ...

A new, multi-night, six-hour documentary series will explore the inception, rise and fall of New York City’s five mafia families. “American Godfather: The Five Families” will debut Sunday ...

(The Mafia) truly formed in the 1930s but became unraveled in the 1990s for a range of reasons, including the decision by Rudy Giuliani (then U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York ...

Historian Jack Fritscher interviewed Wally Wallace, who founded and managed the Mafia-owned bar in New York City’s Meatpacking District for nine years from October 8, 1976, to November 7, 1985.

Former New York Mafia prince Michael Franzese witnessed it all - but believes a new silent breed of gangsters could be even more dangerous. 8. Michael Franzese's mugshot from 1993 Credit: Getty. 8.