Reputed Colombo crime boss Alphonse (Allie Boy) Persico allegedly waited six years after the truce in a bloody gang war to exact revenge against a powerful rival, a prosecutor charged Tuesday.

In the new book “Little Vic and the Great Mafia War,” former New York Daily News reporter Larry McShane delves into the 1990s gangland war that pitted infamous mobster Victor “Lit… ...

Gregory Scarpa, known as “Grim Reaper,” was the most feared gangland enforcer in New York and executioner for one side of an internal war in the Colombo crime family.

Formed in 1931 after the Castellammarese War, the Five Families of New York became known as the backbone of the American Mafia. These families have played significant roles in the history of ...

A former mob associate pleaded guilty today to lying about his role as a trigger-man in a double-hit during the Colombo crime family’s bloody factional war two decades ago. Anthony Colandra, 43 ...

Millennial mobsters are giving the Mafia some big issues. Look no further than last month's arrest of the alleged leader of New York's Colombo crime family, Andrew Russo. He was arrested for two ...

A dozen alleged New York mobsters have been arrested by the FBI, including a suspected boss of the Colombo crime family. The arrests were made as part of an FBI investigation into alleged ...

The infamous Colombo crime family boss Carmine 'The Snake' Perisco was a 'Top Echelon Informant', according to newly released court documents.

Two sons of the late Colombo crime family's boss were indicted with 29 others on federal racketeering and other charges Tuesday in New York City.

Tom Robbins writes about Chris Colombo, the son of the late Joseph Colombo, Sr., a former don of the Colombo Mob family, one of the five families of New York City’s Italian American Mafia.