Mobsters joe profaci biography
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Giuseppe "Joe" Profaci (October 2, 1897–June 7, 1962) was a New York Mafia boss who was the founder and head of the Profaci crime family (known today as the Colombo crime family) for over three decades.
Joseph Profaci was born in Villabate in the province of Palermo, Sicily.
He immigrated to the United States and was naturalized as a citizen on September 27, 1927, in Brooklyn, New York. He is the brother of Salvatore Profaci who served as the Colombo crime family's first officially appointed consigliere who ruled from 1931 until he was killed in a fatal boat crash in 1954.
He also is the uncle of Salvatore Profaci, named after his brother who is a capo in the Colombo crime family.
Mobsters joe profaci biography
Joseph Profaci was known for his racketeering in and around Brooklyn. In 1953, a suit was filed to collect back income taxes of over two million dollars. In 1954, it was reported that the US Department of Justice was taking steps to revoke the citizenship of Profaci, described as a racketeer.
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