Barry Levinson and the writer of 'Goodfellas' revisit the world of American gangsters, exposing the dispute that exposed the organized crime world.

Although the term "gangster" is used for any criminal from the 1920s or 30s that operated in a group, it refers to two different breeds. Mobsters belonged to organized crime rings. They generally ...

Short-barrel shotguns and rifles were banned in the 1930s; why would anyone, much less a senator, want them back?

But life became a lot harder for gangsters in 1992, when the Anti-Organized Crime Law was put into force. His higher-ups were designated as part of an organized crime group under the law.

BEIJING, China (CNN)-- China's long simmering battle against corruption has come to a boil, this time in Chongqing, the largest megalopolis in the world. A massive crackdown has implicated ...

Tokyo Metropolitan Police last week arrested an executive of the Takinogawa gang, a faction of Japan's second-most powerful organized crime syndicate — the Sumiyoshi-kai. His alleged crime?