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Joseph Charles Massino (January 10, 1943 – September 14, 2023) was an American mobster. He was a member of the Mafia and boss of the Bonanno crime family from 1991 until 2004, when he became the first boss of one of the Five Families in New York City to turn state's evidence.
Apr 14, 2024 · As head of the Bonanno family in the 1990s, "Big Joey" Massino was one of New York's most powerful mob bosses — until he turned state’s evidence. During the 1990s, Joe Massino became known as "The Last Don" because he was the only Mafia boss of New York's Five Families who wasn't in prison.
Jul 12, 2013 · Joseph Massino, the first boss of a New York organized crime family to break the code of silence and testify against a former associate, will be released from prison early for...
Sep 21, 2023 · Joseph Massino, the low-key Mafia boss who stunned the world of organized crime in 2005 when it was revealed he had become a government witness, has died after a short illness, sources close to his family told Newsday.
Sep 23, 2023 · NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK: Joseph 'Big Joey' Massino, the former boss of the Bonanno crime family, died in early September 2023 at the age of 80. He was the first head of one of New York's five mob families to become an informant for law enforcement.
Jul 11, 2013 · NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) -- Joseph Massino was the highest ranking mobster ever to turn government informant, having served as boss of the infamous Bonanno family. But...
Jul 10, 2013 · NEW YORK (AP) — Shortly after his conviction for overseeing a quarter-century’s worth of murder and other crimes as head of the Bonanno organized crime family, Joseph Massino did the unthinkable for an old-school mobster: He told prosecutors he was ready to break the Mafia’s code of silence.
Jul 30, 2004 · Joseph Massino, 61, was convicted of arson, extortion and money-laundering, as well as plotting and committing several murders that formed part of the racketeering charge.
For years, the leader of the Bonnano family kept a tight leash on his captains—and his own profile—as his fellow Mafia dons were famously carted off to prison. Massino became the official boss of...
Joseph Massino, aka "The Last Don," was the boss of the Bonanno crime family, one of the "Five Families" that dominate organized crime in New York City. Mass...
