Скачать или смотреть How Joe Profaci Quietly Built the Colombo Crime Family Mafia Documentary

The Colombo Crime Family is often described as the smallest and most unstable of New York’s Five Families — but its origins are also the least understood.

In this episode of Dan’s Docs, we explore how Joe Profaci, a little-known Sicilian immigrant, quietly rose through the criminal underworld of the 1920s to become a recognized Mafia boss. While other gangs fought openly for power during Prohibition, Profaci built his organization through patience, neutrality, and old-world connections — avoiding conflict until the moment opportunity arrived.

This documentary traces the New York Mafia before the Commission, the collapse of Frankie Yale’s organization, the assassination of Salvatore D’Aquilla, and the pivotal 1928 Cleveland conference that led to the official recognition of the Profaci Family — later known as the Colombo Family.

Drawing from historical records, law enforcement files, and later FBI intelligence, this video examines how the last of the Five Families was formed, why it developed differently from the others, and how those early decisions shaped a legacy of internal conflict that continues into the modern era.

Topics covered:
– The New York Mafia before Prohibition
– Joe Profaci’s rise from immigrant businessman to Mafia boss
– The Black Hand era vs. Cosa Nostra
– Frankie Yale, Joe Masseria, and Salvatore D’Aquilla
– The 1928 Cleveland Conference
– Why the Colombo Family was different from the start

This video was researched, written, and produced by Dan Kowalski

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0:00 Intro, Background of the Mafia in the 1920s, and Profaci's Arrival
9:17 Profaci consolidates Power in Brooklyn
20:23 How the Family's Foundations cracked in 1960s America