Sports-lover turned journalist, born and bred in Scotland, with a passion for football (soccer). He’s also a keen follower of NFL, NBA, golf and tennis, among others, and always has an eye on the ...

La Cosa Nostra, commonly known as the Mafia, is a long-running organized crime network that originated in Sicily and took root in major U.S. cities. The group, structured around “families,” has been ...

Italian police arrested almost 150 people Tuesday in a major operation against the Sicilian mafia in Palermo, areas of which remain in the grip of powerful Cosa Nostra clans. Warrants were issued ...

ROME -- Italian authorities have seized 1.6 billion euros ($1.76 billion) in wealth from Sicilian construction company officials with alleged ties to Mafia crime families in Corleone, a longtime Cosa ...

The NBA faces a potential crisis as a gambling scandal reveals links to "La Cosa Nostra," the Italian-American Mafia. Investigators are exploring connections to illegal betting schemes and poker games ...

During a press conference, authorities said that Billups has been charged in an indictment alleging a scheme to rig underground poker games. These were backed by La Cosa Nostra crime families. In ...

Scores of people suspected of being affiliated with the resurgent mob were arrested Tuesday during overnight raids in Palermo and the surrounding area. By Elisabetta Povoledo Reporting from Rome ...

Settimo Mineo, who allegedly took over as head of the Palermo Cosa Nostra, is escorted by Italian police on December 4. AP The presumed new boss of the Cosa Nostra was arrested together with 45 other ...

If we thought we had seen it all, there has been a dramatic turn in the recent NBA betting scandal. Sources say that the case has some attributed aspects related to La Cosa Nostra, the American Mafia ...