A 1957 Meeting Forced the FBI to Recognize the Mafia—And Changed the Justice System Forever FBI director J. Edgar Hoover previously ignored the growing threat in favor of pursuing Cold War bugaboos ...

(Originally published by the Daily News on November 15, 1957. This story was written by Howard Wantuch and Sidney Kline.) Sixty-two top leaders of the dreaded Mafia, ruling crime syndicate of the U… ...

It's no secret that Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen loves Bills Mafia, and the love is returned tenfold from the fan base. This is why when Allen asks for a favor, fans should listen and ...

On This Day in 1957, the FBI Finally Had to Admit That the Mafia Existed. By Justin Peters. Nov 14, 2013 3:26 PM. J. Edgar Hoover, ... But the meeting hadn’t gone very far before it fell apart.

Connections to the Russian mafia and a Brooklyn gang. A crystal meth addiction and online hookups with strangers. An art deco painting that could be worth millions — or nothing.

Tourists mill around the Michelangelo e i Fiorentini room, which had been damaged during a 1993 Mafia car bombing in Florence, Italy, May 24, 2018.

The painting had been shredded in a 1993 Mafia bombing in the center of Florence that damaged hundreds of artworks at the Uffizi. It had been deemed unrestorable.