The corruption trial of former Philadelphia Traffic Court judges ... appeared “to be a simulation of an organized crime, mafia family,” wrote one of the attorneys in a motion.

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — A former FBI official who helped bring down the Merlino Philadelphia crime family in the late 1980s today said relatives seeking a license to do work on Atlantic City ...

Scarfo, who had been banished from Atlantic City, became head of the Philadelphia crime family in 1981 after the murders of Angelo Bruno and Phil "Chicken Man" Testa. Veteran mob chronicler George ...