Joseph Magliocco

Joseph "Joe Malayak" Magliocco (* around 1898 in Castellammare del Golfo ; † December 28, 1963 ) was an American mobster . From 1962 to 1963 he was the head of one of the five families of La Cosa Nostra in New York City , which was later classified as the " Colombo Family" and was called the "Profaci Family" at the time.

biography

Magliocco first served as the "underboss" of his second cousin and brother-in-law Joseph Profaci and was at the National Crime Syndicate meeting on December 5, 1928 in the Statler Hotel in Cleveland , and at the " Apalachin Meeting " on November 17, 1957 arrested.

Head of the family

When Profaci died of liver cancer on June 2, 1962 , Magliocco took control of the family, which was in a war with the Gallo brothers (best known: Joseph "Crazy Joe" Gallo ) - the so-called "Gallo-Profaci War" ". It had broken out when the Gallos decided that Profaci was getting too big a stake in the illegal business. In addition, Joseph Profaci had Frank Abbatemarco - a member of the Gallo crew - murdered for his disloyalty.

In the course of these arguments, some of Profaci's people, including Magliocco, were kidnapped in February 1961 . The hostages were not released until both sides were able to negotiate a compromise. But when Magliocco became the boss of the family, hostilities flared up again. There were attacks and assaults on the people of Magliocco , including car bombs and drive-by shootings . The war ended in 1963 when most of the Gallos, including Joe Gallo himself, were arrested and sentenced to several years in prison.

The conflict finally ended with the assassination of Joe Gallo on April 7, 1972; possibly this was the punishment for the ultimately fatal assassination attempt on the chief Joseph Colombo in 1971, which caused him to sink into a coma from which he never awoke and died in 1978.

Alliance with Bonanno

In 1963, Joseph Bonanno , the head of the Bonanno family , allied with Magliocco to assassinate rival bosses Tommy Lucchese , Carlo Gambino and Stefano Magaddino and so dominate the National Crime Syndicate with Magliocco . Magliocco turned to Joseph Colombo to organize the attacks, but the latter decided to betray Magliocco .

While Bonanno fled to avoid punishment from the Commission (the "executive" of the National Crime Syndicate), Magliocco was given the opportunity to speak. Although he could expect severe punishment, given his poor health, he was spared. He paid a $ 50,000 fine and resigned as boss. He was succeeded by Joseph Colombo .

Magliocco died on December 28, 1963 of a heart attack due to high blood pressure .

literature

• Lee Bernstein: The Greatest Menace: Organized Crime in Cold War America . Boston: UMass Press, 2002. ISBN 1-55849-345-X
• Bill Bonanno: Bound by Honor: A Mafioso's Story . New York: St. Martin's Press, 1999. ISBN 0-312-97147-8
• Jerry Capeci: The Complete Idiot's Guide to the Mafia . Indianapolis: Alpha Books, 2002. ISBN 0-02-864225-2
• Enrique Cirules: The Mafia in Havana: A Caribbean Mob Story . Melbourne: Ocean Press, 2004. ISBN 1-876175-42-7
• Bureau of Narcotics, US Treasury Departmen :, Mafia: the Government's Secret File on Organized Crime , HarperCollins Publishers 2007 ISBN 0-06-136385-5

Web links

Joseph Magliocco on findagrave.com (English)

predecessor	Office	successor
Joseph Profaci	Head of the " Colombo family " of La Cosa Nostra 1962–1963	Joseph Colombo