In 1971, the second family war began after Gallo's release from prison and the shooting of Colombo.

The family was reunited in the early 1960s under Joseph Colombo. 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 has been torn by three internal wars. Profaci would rule his family without interruption or challenge until the late 1950s.

The family traces its roots to a bootlegging gang formed by Profaci in 1928. It was during Lucky Luciano's organization of the American Mafia after the Castellammarese War, following the assassinations of 'Joe the Boss' Masseria and Salvatore Maranzano, that the gang run by Joseph Profaci became recognized as the Profaci crime family. b oʊ/, Italian pronunciation: ) is an Italian American Mafia crime family and is the youngest of the ' Five Families' that dominate organized crime activities in New York City within the criminal organization known as the American Mafia.

The Colombo crime family ( / k ə ˈ l ɒ m. Various gangs in New York City, including their allies Italians as ' made men' and other ethnicities as associatesġ10+ made members and 500+ associates (2004) Īrms trafficking, arson, assault, battery, bribery, burglary, cigarette smuggling, chop shop, conspiracy, contract killing, counterfeiting, drug trafficking, extortion, fencing, fraud, illegal gambling, larceny, loansharking, money laundering, murder, racketeering, robbery, skimming, theft, truck hijacking, tax evasion, and protection rackets Primarily New York City, with additional territory in Long Island, North Jersey, Massachusetts, South Florida, Las Vegas and Los Angeles

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