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.

Organized crime does its business in spite of law enforcement's efforts to curb those dirty deeds. But what if rogue cops were paid off to help criminals with their exploits? Or even kill for them?

When a congressional committee apologized to a man who spent three decades in prison for a murder he didn't commit, it reopened a chapter of Sonoma County history. Joseph Salvatti appeared before the ...

In an exclusive excerpt from 'Blood and the Badge,' read how former NYPD cop Louis Eppolito framed a man for a crime he didn't commit Lizz Schumer is the senior books editor at PEOPLE. She has been ...

A woman who was searching for information about her long-lost dad has discovered his secret life as a New York City mafia informant. Paula Colville, 60, was raised by her mom Elizabeth, who became ...

When a law enforcement crackdown on the Texas Mexican Mafia nearly obliterated the criminal organization's San Antonio leadership in 2004, it created a power vacuum that led to Joe “Pancho” Pena's ...

Mafia informant Paddy Calabrese was a friend of mine -- sort of. News of his death last month from a massive heart attack triggered reminders of the tricky path reporters sometimes tread when they ...

It sounds like something out of a crime novel: two ruthless New York cops, acting as double agents for the Mafia. That's the story of Blood and the Badge: The Mafia, Two Killer Cops, and a Scandal ...