The Inside the Gangsters' Code host was alarmed to find that his Manila episode was being used to justify extrajudicial killing Louis Ferrante’s Discovery Channel series Inside the Gangsters’ Code ...

NPR's A Martinez speaks with American writer Louis Ferrante about his latest book, "Borgata: Clash of Titans: a History of the American Mafia." LOUIS FERRANTE: I was a criminal from when I was 13. I ...

"Borgata, Rise of Empire: A History of the American Mafia" by Louis Ferrante, Pegasus Books, 400 pages A Louisianan might be attracted initially to Louis Ferrante’s ambitious underworld chronicle ...

(Newsday)The Yona Schimmel Knish Bakery on Manhattan's Lower East Side isn't the likeliest spot for a sit-down with a onetime wise guy, but Louis Ferrante is hardly your typical ex-mobster. An intense ...

A MARTÍNEZ, BYLINE: You could fill a whole library with books about the mob and the history of the Mafia. A brand-new edition stands out thanks to the background of its author, Louis Ferrante. His new ...

Louis Ferrante doesn’t think much of other people’s mafia books. They’re often written, he says, by snitches, prosecuting attorneys or criminal defendants, all of whom have reasons to lie. Then there ...

A MARTÍNEZ, BYLINE: Last year, I got to speak with Louis Ferrante for the first time. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED NPR BROADCAST) LOUIS FERRANTE: I was a criminal from when I was 13. I led a hijack and ...