A courageous Chicagoan once helped foil a robbery by men in butcher smocks — a little-known gang from a bygone era of crime in the city.

Many of the illegal activities the mob once made money from are now legal. A 1978 photo provided by the U.S. Attorney’s office, Northern District of Illinois, shows alleged organized crime ...

CHICAGO -- Robberies are "scores," criminal charges "beefs" and getting sent to prison "going away" in the language of witnesses testifying at Chicago's biggest mob trial in years. Jurors have ...

This is Chicago, after all, where the shadow of Al Capone still looms, federal corruption trials appear like television reruns, and the remnants of the mob are sure to try for a piece of the action.

A prominent member of the Chicago mob's old guard wants off the hook once and for all so he can attend dog shows. Mario Rainone is asking for an early release from his federal supervision sentence ...

About 10 p.m., a squad of Chicago police officers keeping Giancana under surveillance saw some guests, who were apparently at the house to welcome him home from a Houston hospital, leave.

The Chicago mob once had as many as seven street crews but is down to two or three, Rice said. It has found a steady source of revenue by controlling video poker machines, but authorities are ...

A Chicago mobster who previously spent time behind bars as a result of the landmark Family Secrets case was sentenced at a hearing Monday to 4 months in prison for stealing nearly $23,000 in ...

iHeartRadio podcast Crook County alternates between the storied past and present of "the Kid," who lived a double life as a hitman for the Chicago mafia for decades. Kyle, the assassin's son and ...

Since 1919, according to the Chicago Crime Commission, only 14 of 1,111 mob-related murders have been solved.

Chicago mob: An article in Sunday’s Section A about the Operation Family Secrets trial opening this week said Nicholas W. Calabrese had confessed to participating in 15 murders. The number is 14.