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The group that eventually became the Colombo family was first controlled by Joseph Profaci. He would hold this position until his death in Profaci ruled the family for nearly 30 years, during which they were active in loansharking, racketeering, and gambling. Additionally, around this period, Profaci sided closely with Joseph Bonanno, the head of the Bonanno family. The Profaci family experienced turmoil caused by an internal conflict in Members like Joseph "Crazy Joe" Gallo believed they weren't receiving a fair portion of the benefits or earnings. They opposed Profaci’s leadership, and men loyal to each side traded hits for a few years, which would later become known as the Gallo War.
After Profaci passed away from cancer in , his brother-in-law Joseph Magliocco assumed leadership with an unstable hold. Magliocco inherited and honored Profaci’s commitment to aid Bonanno, and assigned Joseph Colombo, one of his top assassins, to carry out the murders of Carlo Gambino and Thomas Lucchese to help Bonanno. However, Colombo double-crossed Magliocco and Bonanno by exposing the plot instead. The Commission had to get involved, and as a result, Bonanno went into hi
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Colombo crime family
One of the "Five Families" that dominate organized crime activities in New York City, US
Criminal organization
| Founded | ; 97&#;years ago&#;() |
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| Founder | Joe Profaci |
| Named after | Joseph Colombo |
| Founding&#;location | New York City, New York, United States |
| Years&#;active | –present |
| Territory | Primarily New York City, with additional territory in Long Island, North Jersey, Massachusetts, South Florida, Las Vegas and Los Angeles[1] |
| Ethnicity | Italians as "made men" and other ethnicities as associates |
| Membership (est.) | made members and associates ()[2] |
| Activities | Arms trafficking, arson, assault, battery, bribery, burglary, cigarette smuggling, chop shop, conspiracy, contract killing, counterfeiting, drug trafficking, extortion, fencing, fraud, illegal gambling, larceny, loansharking, money laundering, murder, pornography, prostitution, racketeering, robbery, skimming, theft, truck hijacking, and tax evasion[3] |
| Allies | |
| Rivals | Various gangs in New York City, including their allies |
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The Colombo Family
Formulated from the ashes of early mob strife in the South Brooklyn area, what became known as the Profaci Family arguably had its origins among several underworld factions vying for power. Francesco (Frankie Yale) Ioele, an early Camorra chef, Michael (The Sweetheart) Abbatemarco, his number two, and Sicilian Giuseppe (The Clutch Hand) Peraino were just a few of several powers who clashed for supremacy. With the culmination of the Castellammarese War, Salvatore DiBella was said to have led the borgata until Giuseppe (Joe) Profaci, whose Family had been prominent Mafiosi (The Zubbio) back in Villabate, Sicily on the outskirts of Palermo proper, became the recognized power in the Bensonhurst, Dyker Heights, Bath Beach, Coney Island, Flatbush, and Williamsburg sections of Brooklyn. Profaci had sided with Maranzano and the Castellammrese in the war.
Over the next 30 years, his Family would utöka in vast power over other sections of Brooklyn, Staten Island, Queens, and Long Island. He also had a regime in New Jersey and varied members in Manhattan, Westchester, Connecticut, and Florida. Profaci’s tremendous power expanded with his childrens’ and nieces’ marriag