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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.
Andrew Russo (August 9, 1934 — April 18, 2022), sometimes known as Andy Mush, was a boss of the Colombo crime family. [1] According to a former FBI special agent interviewed by the Wall Street Journal, Russo mismanaged the organization by micromanaging subordinates and trying to hold onto leadership past his prime.
In the late 1930s, Franzese worked under Joseph Profaci, boss of the Profaci crime family (later named the Colombo crime family). His first arrest came in 1938, for assault. [5] In 1942, in the midst of World War II, he was drafted to the U.S. Army, but was discharged later that year classified as "psychoneurotic with pronounced homicidal ...
The heir apparent to the Colombo crime family pleaded guilty Wednesday to taking part in a labor union extortion plot that led the feds to bust the Mafia clan’s entire leadership in 2021.
On August 3, 1995, Gioeli and other mobsters allegedly murdered Colombo associate Richard Greaves in Saracino's basement apartment. Greaves had asked the Colombo leadership for permission to leave the family and move to the Midwest. However, the leaders feared that Greaves might become a government witness and ordered his killing.
The Colombo crime family operates mainly in Brooklyn, Queens, ... Vittorio "Vic" Amuso: [81] [85] arrested in 1991, received a life sentence in January 1993 [86]
In March 1951, 17-year-old Persico was arrested on charges of fatally beating another youth in Brooklyn's Prospect Park. However, all charges were eventually dropped. [4] In the early 1950s, Persico was recruited into the Profaci crime family, the forerunner of the Colombo family, by longtime capo Frank Abbatemarco.
Michael Franzese Sr. (/ f r æ n ˈ z iː s /) [2] (né Grillo; born May 27, 1951) is an American former mobster who was a caporegime in the Colombo crime family in New York City, and son of former underboss Sonny Franzese.