He weighed over 400 pounds as an FBI undercover agent — and it became his best disguise

Joaquin Garcia, a former FBI agent, gained 90 pounds while infiltrating the mafia. "The fatter I got, the better an undercover agent I became." ...
Business Insider

A former FBI Special Agent who infiltrated the Italian Mafia, Mexican cartels, and Russian and Asian organized crime groups says he fears 1 group above the rest

Joaquin Garcia spent 24 years undercover with the FBI, infiltrating dangerous criminal groups. He investigated the Italian ...

Benedetto Santapaola, notorious Italian mafia boss, dies in prison aged 87

Cosa Nostra leader, who controlled most of eastern Sicily, dies while serving multiple life sentences for murder ...
Bryn Mawr College

Italian Course Exposes the Realities of Global Crime Organizations

At Bryn Mawr College, the course Mafia and Organized Crimes, taught in Italian for majors and minors by Professor and Chair ...
Newsweek

Global Mafia

The New global mafia poses the most serious criminal threat in history. A team of NEWSWEEK correspondents spent a month on the trail. The report: ON THE VIA NOTARBARTOLO in Palermo, Sicily, stands a ...
CBS News

Catholic nun arrested by Italian police for bringing mafia messages to prisoners

Cara Tabachnick is a news editor at CBSNews.com. Cara began her career on the crime beat at Newsday. She has written for Marie Claire, The Washington Post and The Wall Street Journal. She reports on ...