The FBI arrested 31 people — including two NBA stars and members of four Mafia families — in a bombshell gambling bust on Thursday. Portland Trail Blazers coach Chauncy Billups

Officials announced the charges in that case, along with a separate case involving illegal gambling on Thursday.

Beyond Zanzibar’s well-trodden shores lies a scattering of hidden islands where time slows down and the ocean still feels wild.

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Over the years, Staten Island has seen its share of mob incidents. From the lavish Todt Hill home of real-life “Godfather” Paul Castellano to the early careers of John Gotti and Lucky Luciano, here are the borough’s most ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. MAFIA ISLAND, Tanzania — His white beard streaming in the turquoise waters, Waziri Mpogo dives under the surface a few hundred meters offshore of a palm-lined beach. Holding his breath, he heads for ...

Introduction -- Mafia Island -- Correspondence and correspondents : Barua ni nusu ya kuonana (letters are half-way towards seeing someone face to face) -- Topics in the letters : Maisha yamekuwa magumu sana (life has become very hard) -- Mipango na miradi ...

Websites are now taking bets on which NBA player will be the next accuse of illegal gambling after the FBI announced dozens of players, coaches and mobsters were arrested in connection with a sprawling federal investigation into illegal game rigging.

Residents of Mafia Island in Tanzania don’t really eat sea cucumber; they call it jongoo bahari, or “ocean millipede” in Swahili. But sea cucumbers are a prized delicacy in East Asia, where demand has fueled a black market for the spiny sea creatures ...