The Colombo family is considered the youngest of the five families. It supposedly has roots that go back to a bootlegging gang founded by Joseph Profaci in 1928. Joseph Colombo warned Carlo Gambino of an assassination attempt and was later rewarded as the boss of the family. Over the years, the Colombo family had become known as a vast and violent network controlling unions representing concrete, restaurant, and cement workers. Since the mid-90s, intra-family fighting and government crackdowns on illegal activities have weakened the Colombo. Boss Carmine Persico recently passed away in prison in 2019.
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