

Profaci would rule his family without interruption or challenge until the late 1950s. The family traces its roots to a bootlegging gang formed by Profaci in 1928. It was during Lucky Luciano's organization of the American Mafia after the Castellammarese War, following the assassinations of "Joe the Boss" Masseria and Salvatore Maranzano, that the gang run by Joseph Profaci became recognized as the Profaci crime family. b oʊ/, Italian pronunciation: ) is an Italian American Mafia crime family and is the youngest of the " Five Families" that dominate organized crime activities in New York City within the criminal organization known as the American Mafia. The Colombo crime family ( / k ə ˈ l ɒ m. Various gangs in New York City, including their allies Italians as " made men" and other ethnicities as associatesġ10+ made members and 500+ associates (2004) Īrms 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, racketeering, robbery, skimming, theft, truck hijacking, tax evasion, and protection rackets

Primarily New York City, with additional territory in Long Island, North Jersey, Massachusetts, South Florida, Las Vegas and Los Angeles Joseph Colombo, the namesake of the family, was the boss from 1963 to 1971.
