Decades after a crackdown by prosecutors decimated the ranks of the New York Mafia, the indictment of an NBA coach, a player and nearly three dozen others in a betting scandal highlights the mob’s persistence and adaptability.

Before there was the Florida Lottery, there was Bolita. And in Orlando, the king of Bolita was Harlan “The Colonel” Blackburn.

Police say Italy’s No. 1 fugitive has been arrested.

One of Italy’s most notorious mobsters-turned-informants has been released from prison, generating indignation among Italians.

(AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)ROME – The Sicilian town of Corleone, made famous by the fictional Mafia clan in “The Godfather,” has ordered schools closed and a limited lockdown after a spate of coronavirus infections were tied to a big wedding there last week. Nicolosi said Friday that schools in Corleone and nearby towns were ordered closed because 30 of the wedding guests were students. Palermo and Sicily in general were spared the first big wave of COVID-19, which hit harder in Italy’s north. The Corleone administration ordered schools closed and put a 10 p.m. curfew on bars and an 8 p.m. closing time on gyms. Corleone was the homeland and last name of the fictional crime clan of “The Godfather” fame.