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Giuseppe "Joe" Profaci (Italian: [dʒuˈzɛppe proˈfaːtʃi]; October 2, 1897 – June 6, 1962) was an Italian-American Cosa Nostra boss who was the founder of what became the Colombo crime family of New York City.
Learn about the life of Mafia boss and olive oil king Joe Profaci, one of the most powerful men in America during his time.
Apr 22, 2024 · Joseph Profaci was one of the most powerful bosses in U.S. organized crime from the 1940s to the early 1960s. Twice arrested and once imprisoned for a year in his native Sicily, he emigrated to the United States in 1921 and, thereafter, though arrested several times, managed always to avoid prison.
The first war took place during the late 1950s, when caporegime Joe Gallo revolted against Profaci, but that conflict lost momentum in the early 1960s when Gallo was arrested and Profaci died of cancer. The family was reunited in the early 1960s under Joseph Colombo.
Giuseppe “Joe” Profaci was a New York La Cosa Nostra boss who was the founder of what is today known as the Colombo crime family. Established in 1928, this was the last of the Five Families to be organized.
Joseph Profaci was put in charge of the group that would become the Colombo family. Profaci had emigrated from Sicily to the United States in 1921, when he was in his early 20s.
Joe Profaci was an Italian–American mafia boss, best known as the original founder of the notorious crime family known as the Colombo crime family. He was born and raised in Palermo, Sicily, Italy.
