BOSTON (AP) - When James "Whitey" Bulger ruled the streets of South Boston, the New England crime scene was a battleground for a bloody turf war between the Italian Mafia and Irish street crews.

When James "Whitey" Bulger ruled the streets of South Boston, the New England crime scene was a battleground for a bloody turf war between the Italian Mafia and Irish street crews. But some ...

An associate of the New England mob has been sentenced to five years of probation for his role in shaking down Providence-area strip clubs for protection money. WPRI-TV reported that Theodore ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A federal indictment unsealed Wednesday against the reputed acting boss of the New England mafia paints him as a ruthless leader who fretted about being swept up in a ...

On an October afternoon in 1989, mobsters from Connecticut, Rhode Island, and Massachusetts gathered at a modest home in Medford for a secret ritual: the induction of four soldiers into the New ...

Authorities say the investigation was aided by informants who recorded thousands of conversations by suspected mobsters. Luigi Manocchio, the reputed former head of New England's Patriarca crime ...

“BOSTON MOB: The Rise and Fall of the New England Mob and Its Most Notorious Killer,” by Marc Songini. St. Martin’s Press. 369 pages. $27.99... “BOSTON MOB: The Rise and Fall of the New ...

But there they were in federal court in handcuffs Thursday, two alleged members of the New England Mafia, including alleged acting don Antonio L. “Spucky” Spagnolo, charged with threatening to ...

BOSTON – When James "Whitey" Bulger ruled the streets of South Boston, the New England crime scene was a battleground for a bloody turf war between the Italian Mafia and Irish street crews.