TAMPA, Fla. - From the gangland days of the early 20th century to the 1960s and 70s gangsters, the mafia and Tampa have always been intertwined. During its mid-century peak, organized crime controlled ...

CHICAGO - A pizza restaurant owner testified this week he paid an estimated $275,000 to loan shark Frank Calabrese Sr. out of fear he would be beaten or burned out unless he came up with the money.