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	The American Mafia - Joey Gallo
		Profaci's Family and that of Joe Bonanno, linked by marriage, comprised a strong conservative wing of the Mafia's ruling Commission.
		Magliocco died of a heart attack in 1963 and was succeeded by Gambino ally Joe Colombo.
		Joe Gallo was released from prison in 1971 and was the prime suspect when Colombo was assassinated in that year.
	www.onewal.com /w-gallo.html (381 words)

	Joseph Profaci
		Profaci attended St. Bernadette's Catholic Church in Brooklyn and even had a private altar constructed in his basement so that mass could be celebrated at family gatherings by a priest who was a close friend of the Profacis.
		Profaci was the leading importer of tomato paste and olive oil in the country, owned more than 20 other businesses and was known as the kindly employer of hundreds of fellow countrymen.
		Profaci's dream of papal approval was shattered however when the Brooklyn district attorney, Miles McDonald, protested to the Vatican that Profaci was a leading racketeer, extortionist, murderer and Mafia leader.
	www.carpenoctem.tv /mafia/profaci.html (991 words)

	Joseph Profaci
		Profaci, although a multimillionaire who lived in a huge mansion on a 328-acre estate on Long Island, which boasted a hunting lodge and its own private airport, just was not going to miss any stray penny.
		Profaci attended St. Bernadette's Catholic Church in Brooklyn and even had a private altar constructed in his basement so that mass could be celebrated at family gatherings by a priest who was a close friend of the Profacis.
		Profaci's dream of papal approval was shattered however when the Brooklyn district attorney, Miles McDonald, protested to the Vatican that Profaci was a leading racketeer, extortionist, murderer and Mafia leader.
	carpenoctem.tv /mafia/profaci.html (991 words)

	Joe Profaci - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Joe Profaci (October 2, 1897–June 7, 1962) was a New York Mafia boss who was the founder and head of the Profaci crime family (known today as the Colombo crime family) for over three decades.
		FBI photo of Joseph Profaci taken in 1957 after a raid on a meeting of nearly the entire Cosa Nostra hierarchy in Apalachin, New York.
		Joe Colombo succeeded him as head of the family.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Joe_Profaci (337 words)

	Gang Land News: Colombo
		Profaci (left) and underboss Joe Magliocco were the only leaders of the five families who survived the Castellammarese War of the early 1930's still in their positions.
		Profaci was one of the smarter LCN leaders in that he established thriving legitimate businesses which allowed him to live an opulent life style without fear of the IRS.
		Profaci, as boss of one of the five families, was a charter member of the Commission.
	www.ganglandnews.com /colombo.htm (1562 words)

	Giuseppe "Joe" Profaci
		Joe Profaci insisted on instituting the "Slush Fund" which would pay for legal fees for his soldiers, bribery money, and support the families of fallen or imprisoned soldiers, a tradition long since forgotten by the other crime bosses at the time.
		Profaci was appointed to head of his family by Maranzano in 1931 at the beginning of the Commission and never let go of his power.
		Profaci was also the leading importer of tomatoes and olive oil and gave generously to local Catholic charities.
	www.angelfire.com /blog/organizedcrime/colombo/profaci.html (634 words)

	Bonanno Family
		The Castellammarese War between Joe Masseria and Salvatore Maranzano was the catalyst for the creation of the Five Families.
		Before Profaci's death, Bonanno had been conspiring with his fellow boss to kill a number of leading Mafia figures including Carlo Gambino, Tommy Lucchese and head of the Buffalo branch of the Mafia, Stefano Magaddino.
		Profaci's replacement, Joseph Magliocco, went along with the plan, but his decision to use Joe Colombo for the hits backfired when Colombo informed the intended targets of the plot.
	www.seattleluxury.com /encyclopedia/entry/Bonanno_family (1356 words)

	Joe Colombo - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Colombo became head of what was then known as the Profaci family in 1962, following the deaths of family founder Joe Profaci and his successor, Joseph Magliocco.
		Colombo was replaced as head of the Colombo family by Vincent Alo, and his assassination touched off a second intra-family war with the Gallo forces.
		In an HBO Special shown 11P.M. on Thanksgiving night 2005 Chris Colombo, son of Joe Colombo, aired film footage of his father's civil rights work and stated that his father was assassinated.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Joe_Colombo (674 words)

	Joe Profaci
		Joseph Profaci was born on October 1, 1897, in Villabate, Palermo, Italy.
		Giuseppe "Joe" Profaci (October 2, 1897-June 7, 1962) was a New York Mafia boss who was the founder and head of the Profaci crime family (known today as the Colombo crime family) for over three decades.
		Joseph Profaci was born in Villabate in the province of Palermo, Sicily.
	www.spock.com /Joe-Profaci (140 words)

	Defede, Gotti & Russo
		Luchese acting boss Joseph (Little Joe) Defede pleaded guilty last week to extorting hundreds of thousands of dollars from Garment Center businessmen, making him the 31st mob boss or acting boss to be nailed on federal charges of some sort or another since 1981, when the FBI started counting.
		Profaci and Joe Magliocco, who would succeed Profaci as boss, were the only two gangsters to be arrested at two different nationally organized crime meetings, the second being the 1957 Apalachin summit.
		Joe Guinta, another who was arrested there, would also attain the position of head of the Chicago president of the Union Siciliane before it was discovered that he was plotting to overthrow Capone.
	www.ganglandnews.com /column105.htm (2250 words)

	Colombo Crime Family - The Crime library
		Joe Profaci, the first and longest reigning boss of the Profaci Family, was hated by his men.
		As soon as Joe Colombo took his place after his death, the family was almost immediately re-christened the Colombo Family in an effort to erase the memory of his stingy, iron-handed tenure on the throne.
		Profaci was a clever survivor who managed to steer clear of the upheaval of the Castellammarese War in 1931, keeping his family intact while the young Turks, led by Lucky Luciano, were carving up the remains of Salvatore Maranzano's family.
	www.crimelibrary.com /gangsters_outlaws/family_epics/colombo/3.html (1012 words)

	Mafia International - joe bonanno
		Joe Colombo at only 40 years old became the youngest mob ever boss in 1963, when he took over the old Profaci organization, in New York.
		In 1962 Joe Profaci died in hospital of cancer.
		A close friend and ally of Profaci, Joe Bonanno, boss of his own the family bearing his name, saw an opportunity to dominate the mob and become the most powerful crime boss in the country.
	glasgowcrew.tripod.com /columbo.html (983 words)

	Joe Gallo Summary
		Crazy Joe Gallo was a member of a New York City organized crime family which was mythologized in a novel by Jimmy Breslin and a song by Bob Dylan.
		Due to Profaci's unpopularity with his men (he was seen as somewhat stingy and required constant tribute), the Gallos and their chief ally, Carmine Persico, seemed poised to take control of the family.
		Profaci was saved, however, when Gallo was arrested and convicted of extortion in 1961.
	www.bookrags.com /Joe_Gallo (1105 words)

	Colombo
		Joseph Profaci is de oprichter en de eerste baas van deze familie die eerst zijn naam droeg maar later toch werd veranderd in de Colombo familie.
		Profaci was regelmatig te volgen in de media en hij genoot van alle aandacht net als John Gotti(baas v.d.
		Joe “Crazy Joe” Gallo werd vermoord omdat hij een nog excentrieke karakter had dan zijn baas Joseph Colombo.
	home.student.uva.nl /altan.arslan/De_5_Families/Colombo/colombo.html (959 words)

	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Joe Profaci
		Giuseppe "Joe" Profaci (October 2, 1897–June 7, 1962) was a New York Mafia boss who was the founder and head of the Profaci crime family (known today as the Colombo crime family) for over three decades.
		Joseph Profaci was born in Villabate in the province of Palermo, Sicily.
		Like many mobsters, Profaci had many legitimate businesses, such as importing olive oil, which lead to him being referred to as the "Olive Oil King." However, most of his wealth was through traditional Mafia enterprises of protection rackets and extortion.
	www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Joe_Profaci (469 words)

	Colmirc - Colombo Family - (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Joe Profaci, boss, and Joe Magliocco, underboss, were the only leaders of the five Families of New York to maintain their positions after the Castellammarese War.
		Profaci (right) also established legal businesses that allowed him to live a lavish lifestyle without arousing suspicion from the IRS.
		Profaci eventually died, and the new boss, Magliocco, was unable to hold his power over the Family.
	it.geocities.com /colmirc/colombo.htm (298 words)

	Amazon.com: "Joe Profaci": Key Phrase page
		Key Phrases: New York, Joe Kennedy, Tommy Lucchese, Joe Profaci, United States, Joe Bonanno, Johnny Morales, Vito Genovese, Joe Notaro, Long Island, Albert Anastasia, New Jersey, Five Families, Frank Costello, Hank Perrone, Steve Maggadino, Carlo Gambino, Joseph Bonanno, Troutman Street, Sam Giancana, David Hale, East Meadow, Los Angeles, Paul Sciacca, Jimmy Hoffa
		At the outbreak of the Castellammarese War, this Family was headed by Joe Profaci and his right-hand man, Joe Magliocco.
		Profaci's sympathies were with the Castellammarese, but his Family would never take part in...
	www.amazon.com /phrase/Joe-Profaci (401 words)

	The First Colombo Crime Family War - Profaci/Magliocco v. Gallo
		Old Man Joe was not one for war, he had kept his small family in tact through the Castallamaresse War, by not siding with either side.
		Joe Masseria and Salvatore Maranzano fought it out between one another, Masseria was eliminated, but then just months later Maranzano joined him, along with alot of other old-world Sicilian bosses, on the wishes of people like Lucky Luciano, Carlo Gambino, Gaetano Gagliano, Thomas Lucchese, Frank Costello and Vito Genovese.
		But, Profaci made one huge mistake, he aligned himself with Joe Bonanno, the patriarch of the Bonanno Crime Family, in a plot to rub-out the bosses of the Gambino, Lucchese and Genovese families and take over all of New York's Cosa Nostra.
	www.angelfire.com /blog/organizedcrime/colombo/firstwar.html (1012 words)

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		Profaci thus served with Lucky Luciano, Vince Mangano, Joe Bonanno and Tom Gagliano as head of one of the five Mafia families in New York that comprised the nucleus of the Mafia force in the national crime syndicate.
		Profaci ruled for more than three decades, an amazing feat since he was regarded by other mafiosi and many of his own soldiers as the worst don in New York.
		Ever cunning, Profaci was not about to cave in to all the rebels and so he divided them, promising rewards that brought Persico, Rotlano and others back into the fold, while leaving the Gallos out in the cold.
	netgoblinzinx.com /sonny/archives/64 (1134 words)

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