Giuseppe Magliocco
Named in 1963 as Joseph Profaci's successor in Brooklyn. The Attorney General told the subcommittee that the Commission had not confirmed him and probably would not.
- Born
- 1898
- Aliases
- Joseph Magliocco, Joe Malyak
- Family
- The former Profaci family in Brooklyn (testimony, 1963)
- Role
- Profaci's successor, "not been confirmed by the commission" (NYPD testimony and the Attorney General's statement, 1963)
- Rights
- Biography on this page is limited to what the cited federal records state.
On the record
- 14 November 1957 — United States v. Bufalino (1960): "Other cars, driven by Joseph Magliocco" were stopped near Apalachin. He was an appellant; the convictions were reversed. Court's account of the evidence.
- 25 September 1963 — Attorney General Kennedy (printed p. 7) said Magliocco had taken over in Brooklyn as Profaci's successor but "has not been confirmed by the commission and will probably not be." Attorney General's statement.
- 8 October 1963 — Asked who succeeded Profaci, Shanley answered (printed p. 308): "It appears to be Joseph Magliocco." Counsel called him "Giuseppi Magliocco, 'Joe Malyak.'" Testimony.
The heading uses the name on the staff chart, “Giuseppe Magliocco”; the court and the police witness call him Joseph. The birth year is Shanley’s: “Magliocco was born in Italy in 1898.” No opened record gives his death.
Records
itemOrganized Crime and Illicit Traffic in Narcotics, Part 1 (September 25 to October 9, 1963)The first printed volume of the 1963 Senate hearings: Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy's opening testimony, Joseph Valachi's public testimony, New York police witnesses, Exhibit 8 and Charts A to E.itemUnited States v. Bufalino, 285 F.2d 408 (2d Cir. 1960)Second Circuit opinion reversing the convictions of Russell Bufalino and nineteen others for obstructing justice and perjury after the 14 November 1957 gathering at Apalachin, New York. The court says the government offered no evidence of the meeting's purpose.
itemExhibit No. 8: "Masseria-Maranzano War and Evolution of Gang Control—1930 to Present"Staff fold-out chart presented on October 1, 1963: the 1930 to 1931 war in three key-coded groups and the lines of succession drawn from it to five 1963 bosses. Several name boxes are illegible in the scan.