The Colombo Crime Family - Overview

Estimate members: Between 75 and 85 (according to Jerry Capeci)
First Boss: Joseph Profaci

Primary activities: Narcotics, gambling, loan sharking, cigarette smuggling, pornography, counterfeiting, hijacking, fraud, stock fraud.

Acting boss: Andrew "Mush" Russo allegedly is the new acting boss, according to Jerry Capeci. He is a cousin of deceased Colombo boss Carmine Persico.
Underboss: The new underboss is rumored to be Benjamin Castellazzo, who is a close associate of former acting boss Joel Cacace.

PROFILES:

BOSSES:

Thomas "Tommy Shots" Gioeli (in prison)
Alphonse “Allie Boy” Persico (in prison)
Carmine "The Snake" Persico (obituary)
Joseph Colombo (whacked)
Joseph Profaci (dead)

ACTING BOSSES:

Joel Cacace (in prison)

UNDERBOSSES:

John "Sonny" Franzese (in freedom)
William "Wild Bill" Cutolo (whacked)

CAPTAINS:

Anthony Colombo (dead)
Luca DiMatteo (prison)

Pasquale Amato (dead)
Gregory Scarpa Sr. (dead)

SOLDIERS:

Giovanni Cerbone (prison)

Joseph "Crazy Joe" Gallo (whacked)

ASSOCIATES:

Thomas McLaughlin (flipped)
Giuseppe Destefano (in prison)
John Pappa (in prison)

ARTICLES:

Gangster Pets: Crazy Joe Gallo and his lion
Underboss "Sonny" Franzese (100) released from prison
The two sides of mob boss Joe Colombo
99-year-old Colombo family underboss Sonny Franzese’s request for e...
Editorial: New York tabloid ridicules mob son who went legit
The FBI's Secret Thirty-Year Relationship with a Mafia Killer
Deal with the Devil - Q&A with author Peter Lance
Will Historic Mob Bust Really Go Down As Historic?
Greg Scarpa and the Gus Farace Hit by David Krajicek
Interview with Sandra Harmon, author of Mafia Son:
The Scarpa Mob Family, the FBI, and a story of betrayal