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Joseph Michael Valachi (September 22, 1904 [nb 1] – April 3, 1971) was an American mobster in the Genovese crime family who was the first member of the Italian-American Mafia to acknowledge its existence publicly in 1963.
Joseph "Joe Cargo" Valachi – he exposed the inner workings of the American Mafia in 1963. Valachi was active since the Castellammarese War during the early 1930s, as an associate of the Lucchese crime family ; however; after the murder of Salvatore Maranzano in 1931, he joined the Genovese family.
Family & Personal Life. According to city records, Joseph Valachi exchanged wedding vows with Carmela "Millie" Reina, the oldest daughter of his former boss, Gaetano Reina, on July 28, 1932. However, Valachi stated that the marriage took place on 18 September. They had a son named Donald.
Feb 20, 1980 · Carmela marries gangster Joe (Joseph) Valachi in 1932, under the name of Mildred. Mildred Reina, age 23 (b. 1909), daughter of Thomas Reina and Angelina Oliveri ("Oliviri"), marries Joseph Valachi, age 28 (b. 1904), son of Domenico Valachi and Michelina Casale, on 28 July 1932 in New York.
- Female
- October 12, 1906
- Gioseppo Michael Valachi
- February 20, 1980
Jun 3, 2019 · The first mobster to break omerta was Joseph Valachi, a "soldier" in the Genovese family in 1950s New York. Valachi is remembered today for his testimony before a US senate committee in 1963, in ...
At his defection, Joseph Michael Valachi was up to that point the most famous apostate in the criminal underworld. Although his revelations provided the public and law enforcement with a wealth of information, it did have its limitations.
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Aug 8, 2023 · New York mobster Joseph Valachi sits at the witness table, bottom right, facing members of a U.S. Senate investigation subcommittee in Washington, D.C., on October 8, 1963. In the background are four charts of New York crime families with names and pictures of mobsters identified by Valachi.
