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Ralph DeLeo, once the purported "street boss" of the Colombo crime family, allegedly plotted to murder officials who played role in his conviction, prosecutors said.

Ralph F. DeLeo, 82, who was released on parole last year after spending more than a decade in prison for crimes committed while serving as the street boss of the Colombo crime family, was arrested ...

Bettmann/Getty Images Italian-American crime boss Carlo Gambino, also known as The Godfather, was born in 1902, later becoming head of one of the “Five Families” of New York City, the Gambino crime ...

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He presided over the racketeering and murder trial of the underboss and five other members of the Patriarca crime family, which made national news.

John Alite, who has served time in prison in connection with multiple murders and shootings, is serving as a town councilman in New Jersey.

U.S. District Judge Alan H. Nevas, a state legislator and top federal prosecutor before being appointed to the bench and presiding over one of the biggest mafia trials in New England history, died ...

His father, Mario "Charlie" Ruggerio, ran The Chalet, an Italian restaurant on Mineral Spring Avenue that allegedly had ties to the Patriarca crime family and served as a hangout for mob figures.

The Lucchese crime family's link to a recent gambling operation bust was far from the first time the name has been part of New Jersey history.