Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Former mob boss John Stanfa, pictured here in 1980, waged a bloody war for control of the Philadelphia mafia in the late 1990s.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Philip “The Chicken Man” Testa rose to power in the Philadelphia mafia after Angelo Bruno’s assassination in 1980, ending an era ...

Mafia documentaries have clogged the airwaves for decades, but a new one coming to Netflix on Wednesday sets a new standard. Multiple docuseries, generally seen on basic cable, have traditionally ...

Joseph "Skinny Joey" Merlino is one of the subjects of Netflix's 'Mob War: Philadelphia vs. The Mafia' Joseph "Skinny Joey" Merlino is believed to have engaged in a crime war with Philadelphia mob ...

An upcoming Netflix series will examine an infamous chapter in Philly mob history. "Mob War: Philadelphia vs. The Mafia" delves into the '90s power struggle between men loyal to John Stanfa, a veteran ...

John Stanfa found himself in a crime war with Joseph "Skinny Joey" Merlino throughout the 1990s By 1990, mob veteran John Stanfa took over from Nicky Scarfo as the leader of the Philadelphia family ...

PHILADELPHIA -- The Philly mob is down but not out. Government officials were pleased this month when former Mafia boss Joseph "Skinny Joey" Merlino got 14 years behind bars for racketeering and his ...

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — An attorney representing one of seven reputed mobsters charged in a wide-ranging racketeering case began his closing argument to the jury Thursday by paraphrasing what he said was ...

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A 13-year FBI probe and subsequent racketeering indictment against seven reputed Philadelphia mobsters was built on unreliable testimony and weak evidence about trivial crimes ...