When World War II ended, and the United States stood triumphant, another, quieter victory was unfolding beneath the surface.

Top Sicilian mafia boss is buried, but his criminal enterprise lives on Rome (CNN) — Sicilian mob boss Matteo Messina Denaro, widely thought to be the last godfather of his kind, was buried Wednesday ...

Sicilian authorities say items depicting Marlon Brando in The Godfather make light of the bloody feuds carried out by the Sicilian mafia - Nick Squires It has long been synonymous with the murderous ...

MILAN (AP) — The death Friday of Salvatore "Toto" Riina, the long-time "boss of bosses" of the Sicilian Mafia, puts the spotlight back on Cosa Nostra, which waged a bloody campaign in the 1980s and ...

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 ...

CORLEONE, Italy, April 14, 2006 — -- Deep in the hills outside Palermo, Italy, is a medieval farm town with a history written in blood. The town's name -- Corleone -- literally means "Lionheart." ...

CNN — Rome (CNN) — Sicilian mob boss Matteo Messina Denaro, widely thought to be the last godfather of his kind, was buried Wednesday in a private funeral in Castelvetrano, Sicily. But he won’t be the ...