organized crime

Neo-Nazi sextortion ring that blackmails teens into making sick videos has become so prevalent every FBI office in the US has open cases

Its members target young teens on platforms like Discord and Roblox and intimidate them into filming themselves posing nude, torturing family pets, cutting symbols into their own bodies and other...

Despite legalized gaming, NY tops country in gambling arrests: report

In a study of all 50 states, the Empire State ranked 13th overall for gambling addiction but topped the cake when it comes to illegal gambling activity.

Mobster duo learn their fate after being accused of hiring bungling 'pizza delivery hitman' in botched hit on Iranian dissident

Two gangsters were convicted Thursday of ordering a bumbling hitman to kill exiled Iranian-American dissident Masih Alinejad in Brooklyn — to claim a bounty from the barbarous Iranian regime. Rafat...

Iranian journalist describes chilling moment she saw amateurish would-be assassin staring at her

"He was like, in the sunflowers, staring into my eyes," Alinejad said. "Then I got really panicked."

Bungling hitman worked day job at pizza shop while plotting to kill exiled Iranian journalist in NYC

"Big responsibility, doing both at the same time!" an attorney quipped about the wannabe-killer's day job at Peppino's.

Bumbling hitman botched murder of Iranian-American journalist in NY: 'I was trying to get the easy way to kill her'

“I was trying to get into her life,” Khalid Mehdiyev said of targeting activist Masih Alinejad. “I was trying to get the easy way to kill her."

Long Island mob cop accused of 'selling his badge' to Bonanno crime family learns his fate

A verdict was reached in the case of accused mob cop Hector Rosario.

Lucchese crime family members, associates plead guilty in $25M NYC illegal gambling operation

The reputed members and associates of the Lucchese organized crime family had been raking in the "scharole" with their "Rhino Sports" since the early 2000s, the Eastern District U.S. attorney's...

Italian nun among 25 arrested in raid against Mafia

A police press release said two local politicians were also arrested, and that $1.89 million had been seized in the operation.

Tren de Aragua gangbangers tied to wild Colorado apartment takeover arrested in major NYC drug, gun bust: sources

A pair of Tren de Aragua gangbangers tied to an Aurora, Colorado apartment takeover were arrested in a major NYC drug trafficking bust Wednesday, The Post has learned.

NYC couple netted $2M in massive mob-style theft ring that targeted luxury brands: DA

Sticky-fingered husband and wife Cristopher Guzman, 35, and Yvelisse Guzman Batista, 29, earned themselves the dubious distinction of being the first criminals charged under a new state law aimed at...

NFL issues major warning to players after Patrick Mahomes, Travis Kelce home break-ins tied to 'transnational crime ring'

The NFL has warned its players to take precautions against a "transnational crime ring" that is suspected of orchestrating break-ins of athletes' homes including Patrick Mahomes and Travis Kelce.

FBI wiretap caught Bonanno wiseguy threatening to 'slap the s---t' out of mob turncoat — if he ratted him out

Reputed wiseguy John "The Maniac" Ragano threatened to go after a mob turncoat if he informed on him to the feds, according to an FBI wiretap played in Brooklyn federal...

Mastermind mom behind $8M retail theft ring that hit Sephora, Ulta Beauty gets 5 years

Law enforcement found more than $300,000 worth of stolen goods at the her $2.75 million mansion near San Diego – a fraction of the estimated $8 million stolen since 2012.

Meet 'The Talented Mrs. Mandelbaum:' America's first gangster

They were branded the “Jewish Mafia,” or the “Kosher Nostra” — four violent street-tough Jews with lots of criminal smarts who dominated tabloid headlines and the Wanted posters that festooned...

Leaders of NYC's 'Bully Gang' found guilty of murder, racketeering and other frightening crimes

One gangbanger was convicted of murdering Jonathan Jackson -- a member of a rival gang the "Stukes Crew" -- at a gender-reveal party for another Bully Gang member's own child...

'RHONJ' star's ex convicted of hiring mobster to assault her new lover

The feds said Tommy Manzo, a prominent New Jersey restaurateur, planned the 2015 attack on David Cantin, Dina Manzo's then-boyfriend, and recruited an alleged mafioso from the Lucchese crime family...

'RHONJ' star Dina Manzo's ex freed on bail after allegedly hiring mobster to beat up her now-hubby

Federal authorities say Tommy Manzo recruited a member of the Lucchese crime family to rough up David Cantin, Dina Manzo's then-beau and now-husband, back in 2015.

Italy expands bizarre anti-Mafia program where mob bosses' kids are forced into foster care

A 2012 Italian judge's plan to take kids from their jailed mafioso dads and stick them in foster care has been so successful at breaking the cycle of mob life...

RHONJ star Dina Manzo's ex in hot water again over claims he hired mob goon to rough up her new beau

Tommy Manzo, the ex-husband of “Real Housewives of New Jersey” star Dina Manzo, is facing a new set of federal racketeering charges — just a month after a federal judge...