# Joseph Bonanno

Canonical: https://mobfiles.org/people/joseph-bonanno/

Named by Valachi in 1963 as the boss "in the other part of Brooklyn." The government's 1987 civil RICO complaint alleged that he founded the Bonanno family and remained its boss until October 21, 1964.

No opened record gives his birth or death. The role line is Valachi's testimony; the complaint's allegation is recorded in the events and was dismissed as to him.

## Sources

- Organized Crime and Illicit Traffic in Narcotics, Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, Hearings, Part 1 (1963): https://www.ojp.gov/pdffiles1/Digitization/119303NCJRS.pdf