A mistrial was declared on Tuesday in the New York City racketeering trial of a notorious Philadelphia mob boss who had insisted he quit his life of crime after a lengthy prison term. Jurors at the ...

Just a few years ago, federal authorities thought they had the Philadelphia-area mob close to sleeping with the fishes: One boss had turned government informant, his successor was convicted of ...

Netflix is revisiting one of the most notorious showdowns in mob history: veteran mobster John Stanfa vs. young newbie Joseph "Skinny Joey" Merlino. When longtime boss Nicky Scarfo's reign fell in the ...

Netflix's Mob War: Philadelphia vs. the Mafia outlines the battle for power among rival mafiosos in the 1990s. One of its subjects, Joey Merlino, was convicted on racketeering charges in 2001. He ...

(PHILADELPHIA) -- More than 26 years after a man was gunned down outside his Philadelphia home in what police described as a mob-style killing, a suspect was arrested this week, a block from the crime ...

The Philadelphia mob’s bloody 1990s power struggle will be back in the spotlight next month, courtesy of a new docuseries from Netflix. Dubbed Mob War: Philadelphia vs. The Mafia, the series covers a ...

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Nicodemo “Little Nicky” Scarfo, whose reign over the Philadelphia Mafia in the 1980s was one of the bloodiest in its history, has died at a federal medical center in North Carolina ...

Mafia documentaries have clogged the airwaves for decades, but a new one coming to Netflix on Wednesday sets a new standard. Multiple docuseries, generally seen on basic cable, have traditionally ...

Joseph "Skinny Joey" Merlino is one of the subjects of Netflix's 'Mob War: Philadelphia vs. The Mafia' Jessica Sager is a contributing writer at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2023. Her ...

Philadelphia mafia underboss Steven Mazzone was sentenced Thursday to five years in prison for conspiring to participate in a racketeering enterprise. Mazzone pleaded guilty to the charges in June. As ...

PHILADELPHIA -- Two teenage boys are in custody and more suspects are being sought after what police called a "flash mob" attack in Center City Philadelphia that left six people injured, including an ...

Netflix's Mob War: Philadelphia vs. The Mafia chronicles the crime war between him and Joseph "Skinny Joey" Merlino in the 1990s In 1996, Stanfa was sentenced to life in prison Netflix is revisiting ...