A sweeping federal indictment has charged the entire leadership structure of the Colombo crime family in a scheme involving labor union shakedowns, extortion, and loansharking.

One of the heads of the Colombo crime family was freed from a Brooklyn jail on a $5 million bond on Friday despite federal prosecutors' objections that he was still conducting mafia business.

A top lieutenant in the Colombo crime family pleaded guilty to racketeering for his role in the extortion of a high-ranking union official, capping a case brought in 2021 that was one of the ...

What is the Colombo crime family? One of New York City's famed "Five Families," by the time Sonny Franzese rose in the ranks, the Colombo crime family was run by Joseph Profaci, who was mostly ...

Joseph Profaci was the boss, or godfather, of the organization, which evolved into the Colombo family and became one of the original five New York mob families established by the Mafia in 1931.

Many members of the Colombo family claim Joe Gallo, mobster of the Profaci crime family, was to blame for the shooting due to his falling out with Colombo.

For decades, John “Sonny” Franzese was a notorious mobster in the Colombo crime family and a formidable figure in the New York Mafia. Born in 1917, Franzese’s criminal career spanned ...

In the 1960s and '70s, Persico became involved with hijacking and was sentenced to a stint in federal prison. By then, the Profaci family had become known as the crime family of Joseph Colombo.