Officials say the Mafia’s role in financing and protecting illegal gambling operations underscores its continued influence in ...

Associates of four of New York's infamous "five families" crime syndicates allegedly backed a multimillion-dollar poker con ...

The NBA faces a potential crisis as a gambling scandal reveals links to \"La Cosa Nostra,\" the Italian-American Mafia.

Chauncey Billups and Terry Rozier are facing money laundering and wire fraud conspiracy charges in connection with federal ...

Elements of the National Basketball Association are being dragged through the mud as players and coaches are charged with ...

You can picture the scene. Tucked somewhere between the glitter and grit of Manhattan, a room wafting smoke with the rhythm ...

But former prosecutors said the mafia's influence and activities have changed since its heyday in the 20th century, when ...

The games often took place at underground games in Manhattan already controlled by La Cosa Nostra, court documents say.

The federal gambling indictments indicate the New York mafia may be more powerful than experts previously believed.

Court documents show this group already ran illegal gambling operations backed by the Bonanno crime family when they got ...

Professional basketball was stunned this week as a popular NBA Hall of Famer and head coach, a current player and a former player were arrested by federal authorities on illegal gambling charges.

Current and former NBA players, organize crime family members indicted in alleged sports betting schemes and rigged poker ...