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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...
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Joseph Profaci became recognized as the
Profaci crime family. The
family traces its
roots to a
bootlegging gang
formed by
Profaci in 1928.
Profaci would...
- then the
Profaci crime family. In 1961, the
First Colombo War unfolded,
instigated by the
kidnapping of four high-ranking
members in the
Profaci family...
- the
Gallo brothers kidnapped four of
Profaci's top men:
underboss Joseph Magliocco,
Frank Profaci (Joe
Profaci's brother),
caporegime Salvatore Musacchia...
- "Joe Evil Eye", was an Italian-born New York
mobster and the boss of the
Profaci crime family (later to
become the
Colombo crime family) from 1962 to 1963...
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reorganized the
Italian American gangs in New York City into the Maranzano,
Profaci, Mangano, Luciano, and
Gagliano families,
which are now
known as the Bonanno...
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Joseph "Joe Bananas" Bonanno,
Stefano "The Undertaker" Magaddino,
Joseph Profaci and Joe Aiello. As it
became more and more
evident that the two factions...
- "Lucky" Luciano,
Vincent Mangano,
Tommy Gagliano,
Joseph Bonanno, and Joe
Profaci;
Chicago Outfit boss Al Capone; and
Buffalo family boss
Stefano Magaddino...
- of
Profaci's top men:
underboss Joseph Magliocco,
Frank Profaci (Joe
Profaci's brother), capo
Salvatore Musacchia and
soldier John Scimone.
Profaci himself...
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married Rosalie Marie Profaci,
daughter of
Salvatore Lawrence Profaci Sr.,
brother of
Profaci crime family boss
Joseph Profaci.
Designed to
cement an...
