All over Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, Nassau-Suffolk, a small crew in NJ plus Joe Profaci lived there, a South Florida presence, CT for awhile through Tropiano..... and because the Joe Bonnano and Joe Profaci were tight (thru marriage and lifelong friendship), access to all of Joe Banana’s contacts, plus Profaci had certain men like Joe Cerrito in California (thru Sal Cerrito a Profaci member and brother of Joe) which gave him access to the west coast.maxiestern11 wrote: ↑Mon Aug 19, 2019 11:03 amTrue but Profaci could have dealt very heavy had he wished too. He just didn’t go for that. And he was a zillionaire anyway so why did he need it you know.... with hundreds of guy between members and associates, that was the easy part...... remember back in the day, the Profaci/Colombo crew was a very powerful entity with national influenceFlushing wrote: ↑Mon Aug 19, 2019 9:51 amI also have a feeling it has a lot to do with the Colombo's lack of influence, reach and access. They were self segregated into certain neighborhoods in Bklyn. They were never Bronx, Harlem, downtown, Jersey.maxiestern11 wrote: ↑Tue Aug 13, 2019 4:30 am Bert, another top guy, and lifelong drug dealer, was Ormento of course. He’s been getting pinched for narcotics since the 30’s-40’s...... but again, as the decades past, all these guys just got bigger with it. From starting with much smaller loads, by the 1950’s as you say, they had become major organizations moving large multi-Lilo loads into the USA.
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Four families weee always neck deep in heroin, Lucchese, Genovese, Gambino and Bonanno. Only Profaci was not open about it. He definitely had his hand in it. But in a much more circumspect way, and DID NOT allow his men to openly deal.
He invested, he had a small contingent handle it, but as clearly evidenced by the lack of narcotics arrests of his members, kept it more undercover. Where the other four just didn’t give a fuck! They often dealt more openly and in much larger quantities. Profaci actually put out word, as did Colombo later on, that anyone dealing would be killed, even before the so-called edict that all the families implemented years later because of FBN heat.
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And let’s not forget his deep and very close ties-friendship to the Detroit hierarchy thru his daughters marriages to Joe Zerilli and company.
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So the Profaci-Colombo Family has major major juice throughout this nation. I believe if memory serves me, that besides his chair at the Commission table for thirty years or so, the Joe spoke for NE also! Profaci (NY) was rabbi for Patriarca as needed!..... AND didn’t The Old Man Profaci also still have close ties to Villabate and Cottone which the FBN claimed were used to facilitate heroin smuggling in false-shelled Oranges.
