A notorious Philadelphia mob boss sentenced to two years in prison for illegal betting quipped outside court Wednesday that President Donald Trump was right to suggest cooperators or flippers should ...

Netflix's Mob War: Philadelphia vs. the Mafia outlines the battle for power among rival mafiosos in the 1990s. One of its subjects, Joey Merlino, was convicted on racketeering charges in 2001. He ...

But this week, reputed Philadelphia mob boss "Skinny Joey" Merlino, 55, once again will find himself in a federal courtroom - fighting a case that could force him to grow old in prison. He’s survived ...

Joseph "Skinny Joey" Merlino was allegedly one of the most infamous mob bosses to ever come out of Philadelphia, although he denies being part of the mafia. Merlino and his alleged faction of La Cosa ...

Think of the Mob in America, and chances are you’ll think of the action on the mean streets of New York or Chicago. But in the ‘90s, one of its most vicious fighting grounds was in Philadelphia.

During a brief hearing Friday morning in federal court in Manhattan, the reputed boss of the Philadelphia mob pleaded guilty to one gambling-related count, all but ensuring him another stint behind ...

In the 1990s, two mob bosses and a South Philadelphia drug kingpin targeted him for assassination. RELATED MOB COVERAGE Joey Merlino arrested in major mob bust True or false? Ralph Natale was secretly ...

Is "Skinny Joey" Merlino coming back to Philadelphia? The 55-year-old reputed mob boss is fighting a racketeering charge stemming from alleged illegal gambling and health care fraud operations that ...