The alleged scion of New York's leading Mafia family dramatically walked free from court for the fourth time, after the jury failed to reach a verdict in his racketeering and murder trial. "I will declare a mistrial," Judge Kevin Castel said, prompting John "Junior" Gotti, 45, to hug his lawyer, as family members sobbed with joy in the New ...

PALERMO, Italy (Reuters) - Italian police arrested a top Sicilian mafia boss on Sunday who had been a fugitive for more than 15 years, dealing what a minister said was a major blow to the crime syndicate. Domenico Raccuglia, considered the most prominent member of the Cosa Nostra after the most wanted fugitive, Matteo Messina Denaro, has been convicted in absentia ...

Italian police on Sunday captured the number two leader of Sicily's Cosa Nostra Mafia, Domenico Raccuglia, after 15 years on the run, officials said. Raccuglia, 45, who has been sentenced separately to three life jail terms including for his role in the kidnapping and murder of a teenage boy, was arrested in Sicily's Trapani region, police told ANSA ...

Police captured one of Sicily's top Mafia fugitives on Sunday, dealing a stiff blow to the island's Cosa Nostra crime syndicate, Italian officials said. Convicted mobster Domenico Raccuglia, who has been on the run for 15 years, now faces several life sentences for ...