Investigations and wiretaps by the RCMP have proven the existence of direct links between the Mafia and construction firms throughout Quebec.

Authorities allege he’s a top figure in Boston organised crime. He’s also an informant. And his name is not Whitey Bulger

A man described by authorities as an honorary member of the Gambino crime family was sentenced to 13 years in prison on Wednesday for conspiring to murder a garbage company owner in 1989

A mafia boss, who ordered a killing in the Donnie Brasco case later dramatised in a Hollywood film, has become the first chief of one of New York's infamous Five Families to break 'omerta' – their code of silence – and testify against one of their own

Authorities busted up a Mafia-linked Queens sports gambling ring that used a website and offshore accounts to rack up more than $8 million over the past two-and-a-half years

Four alleged members of an Italian-American organized crime ring, including an alleged ex-boss, were charged with racketeering, extortion and other crimes in an indictment unsealed Tuesday, a prosecutor said

The sweep of arrests capturing more than 100 alleged mobsters in the northeast was billed as the sharpest ever blow to the US mafia

Amid an escalating firebombing war between rival Mafia clans over lucrative drug territory, Montreal police have dismantled a trafficking ring and hope the strike will stem the Molotov cocktail attacks

Italian cafés and bars in Montreal continue to be firebombed – with another arson attempt overnight Monday into Tuesday – because one Mafia clan is battling another for distribution turf in the city’s illicit-drug trade, Montreal police said Tuesday

Canadian mob boss Nicolo Rizzuto has been shot dead at his Montreal home, following months of attacks against his family and associates