Members of the Lucchese crime family were among 39 people arrested last week for illegal gambling activity. The family is one of the Five Families of organized crime in the New York City area ...

Formed in 1931 after the Castellammarese War, the Five Families of New York became known as the backbone of the American ...

A trio of Lucchese crime family associates infiltrated the city Department of Buildings, climbing to mid-level inspection jobs and pocketing tens of thousands of dollars a pop in bribes for years ...

Top-ranking members of the Lucchese crime family – including ruling boss Matthew Madonna and his second-in-command Steven Crea Sr. – were busted Wednesday on federal racketeering charges ...

Four members of the Lucchese crime family and a New Jersey politician are among 39 people who ran a ring of illegal casinos that generated about $3 million in proceeds, the New Jersey Attorney ...

Federal authorities have charged five people with operating an illegal and long-established gambling business with suspected ties to the Lucchese crime family, the U.S. Department of Justice ...

including members of the Lucchese crime family. Some appeared in Morris County Super Court on Thursday. The Attorney General’s office plans to publicly announce the accusations Friday.

Four of the defendants, Lucchese crime family solider Anthony Villani and associates Louis Tucci Jr., Dennis Filizzola and James Coumoutsos, were arrested at their residences in the New York area ...

racketeering and conspiracy in connection to a gambling ring run by members of the Lucchese crime family. Anand Shah, a 42-year-old Prospect Park councilmember and local business owner ...

A soldier in the Lucchese crime family admitted his role Thursday in an illegal sports betting business that earned millions annually, federal prosecutors said. Anthony Villani, 60, of Elmsford ...