Colombo crime family controversies
Controversies tied to this brand in public sources. A listing is not a finding of fault.
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2000
Federal racketeering prosecutions
A series of federal racketeering cases and related convictions further damaged the family's hierarchy during the 2000s.
1991
Third family war
A leadership dispute between the Persico and Orena factions produced two years of violence and left approximately twelve family members dead.
1971
Shooting of Joseph Colombo
Colombo was shot at a public rally connected with the Italian-American Civil Rights League and remained paralyzed until his death in 1978.
1963
Magliocco-Bonanno assassination plot
Joseph Magliocco supported Joseph Bonanno's plan to assassinate several Commission leaders. Joseph Colombo exposed the plot, resulting in Magliocco's removal from leadership and the renaming of the family.