US authorities have taken a longtime leader of a Los Angeles street gang who investigators say ran a “mafia-like” criminal enterprise that included murder, human trafficking and extortion while he also worked as an entertainment entrepreneur into custody Wednesday after a brief search,

Eugene 'Big U' Henley helped launch Nipsey Hussle's career and was called rap's 'godfather' by Wiz Khalifa. Now federal authorities are accusing him of murder, kidnapping, robbery, extortion and fraud.

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

Robert De Niro stars in dual roles in Barry Levinson's new gangster epic, 'The Alto Knights,' which is written by Nicholas Pileggi and produced by Irwin Winkler. The two close De Niro collaborators (who worked with him on 'Goodfellas,

Robert De Niro is renowned for his Mafia heavies, but in "The Alto Knights," he plays two real-life mob bosses, Frank Costello and Vito Genovese.