Decades after the infamous 1978 Lufthansa airport heist went unsolved, FBI agents have reportedly apprehended and are ready to charge five people with alleged ties to the Bonanno mob for the crime.

In a stunning verdict, he was found not guilty of participating in the storied 1978 theft, retold in the film “Goodfellas.” Then he went to prison over a road rage incident. By Sam Roberts Mr. Asaro, ...

An aging mobster who stayed mostly in the shadows for decades by adhering to the Mafia’s strict code of silence was acquitted Thursday of charges that he helped plan a legendary 1978 Lufthansa heist ...

(NEW YORK) — A New York jury returned a not guilty verdict on Thursday, aquitting 80-year-old mobster Vincent Asaro on all charges in relation to the multi-million dollar Lufthansa heist in 1978.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Five men believed to be mobsters were taken into custody on Thursday on charges of murder and other crimes linked to an long-unsolved 1978 Lufthansa heist at New York's John F.

An elderly mobster who stayed mostly in the shadows for decades was acquitted Thursday of charges he helped plan the legendary 1978 Lufthansa heist retold in the film "Goodfellas." An elderly mobster ...

An aging gangster went on trial Monday on charges he was in on the $6 million Lufthansa holdup in 1978, a legendary theft dramatized in the hit film "Goodfellas." The brazen armed robbery of cash and ...

The famous 1978 Lufthansa robbery is a great crime story — it was even a plot point in GoodFellas. But a new book about the heist falls flat,... The Lufthansa heist — a pre-dawn raid on a currency ...