The Colombo Crime Family

9236980483?profile=originalEstimate 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 underboss is 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:

Benjamin “The Claw” Castellazzo (under indictment)
John "Sonny" Franzese (passed away at 103)
William "Wild Bill" Cutolo (whacked)

CAPTAINS:

Joseph Amato Sr. (in prison)
Anthony Colombo (dead)
Luca DiMatteo (prison)

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

SOLDIERS:
 
Vito "The Mask" Difalco (prison)
Giovanni Cerbone (prison)
Joseph "Crazy Joe" Gallo (whacked)

ASSOCIATES:

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


ARTICLES:


In the Company of Saints. The life and times of America’s oldest Mobster
Colombo Mafia family boss Andrew “Mush” Russo released on $10 million bond
“I’m not afraid to go to jail” - Colombo Mafia family hierarchy busted
Colombo Mafia family soldier “The Mask” Difalco sentenced to 3 years in prison for racketeering
WATCH: Come see where Colombo family hitmen buried underboss “Wild Bill” Cutolo
Colombo Mafia family legend “Sonny” Franzese dead at 103 – A man must have a code
The Christmas Verdict: How Colombo Mafia family leader “Wild Bill” Cutolo got the present he wished for
The Stalking Capo: How a mobster’s jealousy of his girlfriend caused the indictment of 20 Colombo family gangsters
How a rat brought down the Colombo Mafia family crew of “Fat Jerry,” “The Mask,” and “Mumbles”
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 early release denied
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


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