Simply put, racketeering means engaging in an illegal scheme. It’s used in the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations ...

The Chicago Mafia. The Gambino family. The Lucchese family. These notorious groups dominated organized crime in Chicago and New York for decades –- until prosecutors brought them down with one ...

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Andriacchi was born on Oct. 20, 1932, and grew up in a large family on Chicago’s North Side. His parents, Bruno and Angelina ...

The FBI released 220 pages of records on the reputed onetime boss of the mob's Elmwood Park street crew, whose brother John ...

Two Evanston area schools were placed on lockdown Thursday morning following a knife “altercation” that led to five juveniles ...