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- The Colombo crime family (/ kəˈlɒm.boʊ /, Italian pronunciation: [koˈlombo]) is an Italian-American Mafia crime family and the youngest of the "Five Families" that dominate organized crime activities in New York City within the criminal organization known as the American Mafia.
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The Colombo crime family (/ k ə ˈ l ɒ m. b oʊ /, Italian pronunciation:) is an Italian-American Mafia crime family and the youngest of the "Five Families" that dominate organized crime activities in New York City within the criminal organization known as the American Mafia.
The Colombo crime family emerged with the other four families at the end of the Castellammarese War, a Mafia power struggle in 1930–31. It left as many as 60 mobsters, many high-ranking, dead.
Aug 7, 2024 · In the Commission’s early days, many members of the Five Families—Genovese, Bonanno, Lucchese, Gambino and Colombo—were immigrants from Italy, particularly Sicily. Some had ties to Sicilian...
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The Five Families refer to five Italian American Mafia crime families that operate in New York City. In 1931, the five families were organized by Salvatore Maranzano following his victory in the Castellammarese War.
The Colombo family operates mainly in areas of Brooklyn, Queens, and Long Island. It was originally known as the Profaci family, which began as a bootlegging gang during Prohibition. The youngest of the families, it was reorganised as the Colombo family in the 1960s.
Five Families, moniker given to the five major Italian American Mafia families in New York City: Bonanno, Colombo, Gambino, Genovese, and Lucchese. The families and their inner workings were publicly revealed in 1963, when a Mafia soldier testified at a congressional hearing.
Jul 23, 2022 · Christopher Colombo was nine years old when his father, Joseph Colombo, Sr., was shot at a rally in Columbus Circle, in 1971. His father was the boss of the Colombo crime family, one of...
