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On July 11, 2018, four associates and members of the Colombo crime family were part of a 32-count indictment charging then with a number of crimes, including money laundering, racketeering, illegal gambling and extortion.
- 1928; 95 years ago
- Joe Profaci
- 1928–present
- New York City, U.S.
The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica. Article History. Colombo crime family, New York -based organized crime syndicate. Along with the Gambino, Genovese, Lucchese, and Bonanno families, the Colombo family is one of New York City’s Five Families, prominent criminal organizations that share the territory.
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Jul 14, 2023 · 14 Defendants, Including Leaders of the Colombo Organized Crime Family, Plead Guilty to Various Felony Charges. Friday, July 14, 2023. For Immediate Release. U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of New York.
Sep 14, 2021 · On Tuesday, 11 reputed members and associates of the Colombo crime family, including the mob clan’s entire leadership, were charged in a labor racketeering case brought by the U.S. attorney’s...
- Rebecca Davis O’Brien
Sep 14, 2021 · A grand jury indictment unsealed on Tuesday charges 14 individual defendants — among them “the entire leadership structure of the Colombo crime family” — with a litany of crimes. Those charged include Colombo crime family boss Andrew “Mush” Russo, underboss Benjamin “Benji” Castellazzo, and consigliere Ralph DiMatteo, the ...
Sep 14, 2021 · Further, Colombo crime family members Russo, Castellazzo, Dimatteo, Ferrara, Persico, Vincent Ricciardo, Uvino joined with defendants Thompkins and Bellantoni, among others, to devise a scheme to launder money from Health Fund contracts and payments through third parties and eventually to the Colombo crime family’s leaders.
Joseph Anthony Colombo Sr. (Italian:; June 16, 1923 – May 22, 1978) was the boss of the Colombo crime family, one of the Five Families of the American Mafia in New York City. Colombo was born in New York City, where his father was an early member of what was then the Profaci crime family.
