John Binder has spent a lifetime being fascinated by the stories of organized crime, and he tells some of the tales he has learned in his latest book, “Al Capone’s Beer Wars: A Complete… ...

During Prohibition, as the content, structure and profitability of corruption changed, members of law enforcement engaging in crime decreased in proportion, dropping from 14 percent to 2.6 percent.

During “Boss” Tom Pendergast’s run of Kansas City, John Lazia was pulling strings as a mob boss in as organized crime in the city rose to national prominence.

In this Kings and Generals animated documentary, we trace the history of the American Mafia—from its roots in New York’s Five Points to its rise to power during the Prohibition era. Meet ...

Volpe enhanced the wealth and influence of the crime family by directing their bootlegging operations during Prohibition and, later, by exploiting the anthracite industry’s contract-leasing system.

Large-scale gambling and loan-sharking operations were in place by the early 1970s, particularly in northern Ocean County. But organized crime existed at the Shore long before the 1960s and 1970s.

Prohibition-Era Gang Violence Spurred Congress To Pass First Gun Law In the 1930s, criminals with portable machine guns unleashed a torrent of violence that often caught civilians in the crossfire.

Peter Tocco's grandfather was William "Black Bill" Tocco, the Detroit mafia's founding father, establishing the crime syndicate in 1931 after winning a violent street war for gangland supremacy in ...

Murphy, an organized-crime detective for nearly two decades, ... La Cosa Nostra in Greater Springfield began growing and developing its own complexion, so to speak, during Prohibition, ...

The claim: The US government intentionally poisoned alcohol during Prohibition. Historical facts can sometimes be stranger than fiction. Even claims that at first sound conspiratorial can be ...