Al Capone may have been one of the most notorious gangsters of the 20th century, but one thing that occasionally steered him ...

Chicago has organized crime hard-wired into its DNA. Other than the ostentatious Al Capone, the Second City’s mobsters may ...

Mobsters, on the other hand, belonged to a hierarchical structure organized like a corporation — hence the name "syndicate." The Chicago Syndicate was the country's largest and most powerful ...

EAST CHICAGO, Ind. — An East Chicago principal ... “Y’all came to my house like the mob.” The men said that the door flew open when they were banging on it. She questioned why they ...

Tim Novak is an investigative reporter exposing government corruption in the state of Illinois, Cook County and the city of Chicago ... companies owned by mobsters and politically connected ...

45-caliber pistol that once belonged to mob boss Al Capone ... His reign starting in the 1920s over the Chicago Outfit has inspired dozens of shows and movies, including the 1983 film “Scarface ...