Organized Crime

James Gandolfini, the man inside Tony Soprano: An appreciation

2013-06-20 05:00:00

James Gandolfini, the most important actor in the most influential television series of the last decade and a half, died suddenly Wednesday, in Italy. He was only 51, and though he been a busy working actor -- in film and onstage as well as on TV -- for...

James Gandolfini dies at 51; actor starred in 'The Sopranos'

2013-06-20 04:00:00

James Gandolfini, the Emmy-winning actor who swaggered his way to fame as the murderous, clinically depressed mob boss on HBO's groundbreaking drama "The Sopranos," died Wednesday on vacation in Rome. He was 51. The cause was a heart attack or stroke,...

Mexico City mayor under fire over disappearances of 12

2013-06-19 16:30:00

MEXICO CITY — Miguel Angel Mancera, the former top prosecutor in Mexico's capital, rode his crime-fighting reputation to the mayor's office, promising voters a superior level of safety as the cornerstone of a revitalized metropolis. But six months...

James Gandolfini dies; brought swagger, genius to 'The Sopranos'

2013-06-19 19:15:00

James Gandolfini, 51, who swaggered his way to fame as the murderous, clinically depressed mob boss on HBO's groundbreaking drama "The Sopranos,"�died Wednesday�on vacation�in Rome, Italy. The cause of death was not immediately known but was initially...

Jimmy Hoffa still missing after failed search at reputed burial site

2013-06-19 09:39:00

The FBI on Wednesday closed its latest search for the remains of former Teamsters leader Jimmy Hoffa, ending a dig in a rural field near Detroit where investigators failed to find a trace of the man who has been missing for almost 40 years. The latest...

New tip sends investigators digging for Jimmy Hoffa -- again

2013-06-17 18:38:00

Jimmy Hoffa, arguably America's missingest man, gets another dig. Federal investigators, armed with shovels and a warrant, swarmed a field in Oakland Township outside Detroit on Monday in search of the body of the former Teamsters boss after yet another...

NSA surveillance helped foil more than 50 attacks, officials say

2013-06-18 13:38:00

WASHINGTON�— Recently disclosed National Security Agency surveillance programs have helped disrupt more than 50 “potential terrorist events” around the world over the last 12 years, according to U.S. intelligence officials, who described...

Whitey Bulger trial: Ex-hit man describes more killings to jury

2013-06-18 09:41:00

BOSTON — Former hit man John Martorano has described more killings as he testifies for a second day Tuesday in the racketeering trial of James "Whitey" Bulger in Boston. On Tuesday, Martorano gave chilling details about murders he committed...

‘Amazing Spider-Man’ gets more sequels: Third and fourth movies set

2013-06-17 13:12:12

After 20 years, hunt for fugitive Sicilian Mafia boss intensifies

2013-06-15 18:24:00

ROME — Each day, Giacomo Di Giralomo makes a point of asking, "Where are you, Matteo?" on his talk radio show, which is broadcast across western Sicily. It's a question that the police are asking with greater urgency as they seek Matteo Messina...

Ex-hitman testifies in Whitey Bulger trial

2013-06-17 15:30:00

BOSTON — A former gangster who admitted killing 20 people was unemotional Monday when describing his line of work at the trial of his former partner, James “Whitey” Bulger, but called himself heartbroken when he learned that Bulger had...

Jury in Whitey Bulger's trial is shown Winter Hill Gang's arsenal

2013-06-13 15:00:00

Jurors in James “Whitey” Bulger's racketeering trial on Thursday were shown machine guns and other weapons from a massive arsenal that investigators say he and his gang owned, as prosecutors attempted to show that Bulger ran a criminal...

Jimmy Hoffa Trending on: Google Trends Why: FBI agents will resume searching an overgrown field in suburban Detroit on Tuesday for former Teamsters boss Jimmy Hoffa, who disappeared nearly 38 years ago and is thought to have been murdered by members of organized crime.

2013-06-17 00:00:00

From left to right, Mexican Navy Capt. Enrique Ponce de Leon, National Commission of Security media director Carlos Cervantes, the under-secretary of media for the Interior Ministry, Eduardo Sanchez, the under-attorney for organized crime, Cleominio Soreda, and Mexican Army Lt. Col.

2013-04-30 00:00:00

James Stockwell rebranded himself as Jimmy Casino and operated the Mustang Topless Theater in Santa Ana. His slaying in 1987 was the opening salvo in a battle for control of the Santa Ana strip club, which grossed $150,000 a month and had ties to organized crime.

2013-04-28 00:00:00