Colombo crime family
The Colombo crime family (pronounced [koˈlombo]) is the youngest of the "Five Families" that was a large important group in organized crime activities in New York City, United States.
It was during Lucky Luciano's organization of the American Mafia after the Castellammarese War, and the assassinations of Giuseppe "Joe The Boss" Masseria and Salvatore Maranzano, that the gang run by Joseph Profaci was known as the Profaci crime family.
Profaci would rule his family without interruption or challenge until the late 1950s.[1][2] The family has been torn by three internal wars.
Colombo Crime Family Media
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Joseph Profaci in 1959
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FBI chart of the Magliocco family hierarchy in 1963
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Mugshot of Joseph Yacovelli from the New York City Police Department, entered into his FBI file in 1965.
FBI wanted poster of Alphonse Persico issued on April 26, 1983
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FBI mugshot of Gennaro Langella in 1984
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FBI wanted poster of Carmine Persico issued on January 17, 1985
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FBI mugshot of Carmine Persico in 1985
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FBI chart of the Colombo family in 1984
Mugshot of Andrew Russo in 1996
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FBI mugshot of Cosa Nostra criminal
References
- ↑ Critchley, David. (2009) The origins of organized crime in America: the New York City mafia, 1891-1931. Taylor & Francis. pp. 160-64. ISBN 978-0-2038-89077.
- ↑ Robbins, Michael W. and Palitz, Wendy (2001). Brooklyn: a state of mind. Workman Publishing. p. 104. ISBN 978-0-7611-16356
