The Colombo Crime Family - Overview

[Gangsters Inc.]

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.

Boss: Carmine "The Snake" Persico, currently serving 139 years for murder and racketeering. His son, Alphonse “Allie Boy” Persico , who already was in prison on a money laundering and loan sharking conviction, will remain in prison for the rest of his life after he was found guilty of ordering the murder of Colombo Underboss/rival William "Wild Bill" Cutolo.

Acting boss: Andrew "Mush" Russo allegedly is the new acting boss, according to Jerry Capeci. He is a cousin of longtime 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 (in prison)
Joseph Colombo (whacked)
  Joseph Profaci(dead)

ACTING BOSSES:

Joel Cacace (in prison)

UNDERBOSSES:

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

CAPTAINS:

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:

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