Joseph Profaci
Named by Valachi in 1963 as the boss in Brooklyn "when I left the streets in 1960." New York police agreed that the Magliocco family was known originally as the Profaci family. He was stopped near Apalachin in 1957.
- Aliases
- Joe Profaci
- Family
- The family "known originally as the Profaci family," later under Magliocco (testimony, 1963)
- Role
- Boss in Brooklyn "when I left the streets in 1960," in Valachi's words (testimony, 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): "Passengers in these cars were Joseph Profaci" and others stopped near Apalachin. He was an appellant; the convictions were reversed. Court's account of the evidence.
- 8 October 1963 — Asked to name the heads of the families, Valachi answered (printed p. 246): "In Brooklyn, Joe Profaci, when I left the streets in 1960." Counsel noted: "Joe Profaci is no longer the boss. He died." Testimony; counsel's remark.
- 8 October 1963 — Counsel asked whether the Magliocco family "was known originally as the Profaci family" (OCR "originnlly"); Shanley agreed (printed p. 308). Asked when Profaci died, Shanley said "In 1959, I believe-1962." Testimony.
No date of death is given: Shanley was unsure, and the staff chart’s death note is not legible in the text layer. No opened record gives his birth.
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.