Joe Magliocco

Does anyone know (1) anything about his children and/or brothers and (2) anything about his involvement with liquor distribution throughout the tri-state area?

I believe that in Rosalie Bonanno's book Mafia Marriage she said that he and his wife had no children, not sure about siblings.

After further research I found that Joe had a brother named Antonio Magliocco, Sr. who started what is now the largest liquor distribution business in NYC. It is called Peerless Wine & Liquor and is currently run by Antonio's children.

I am not sure if Antonio Magliocco Sr. was a made man.

I have also read about an Ambrose Magliocco but am unsure of what his connection is.

theres a lot about them in the scarpa fbi files when joe died after the commission made Colombo the boss they were both still very active joes brothers. scarpa snitches on them cant remember what but I think they were long island guys, its there if you want to look. I wanna say one of the brothers was a capo under Colombo. that's crazy the his family owns that liquar must be worth billon. put his name on the richest gangset thread cause he wasn't there last I read.

Good find. Below is a 2006 article on the company...


Major Wine Distributors Charmer, Peerless Team Up in New York
July 26, 2006

In a transaction that may have been inevitable given the competitive pressures of distributing wine and spirits in New York City Charmer Industries, Inc. and Peerless Importers, Inc. have signed an agreement to combine operations in Metro New York. The new company, Empire Merchants, LLC, will be owned equally by the parties, and will be a member of The Charmer Sunbelt Group. The transaction is subject regulatory clearance and other customary conditions.

The New York market has been extremely competitive in recent years, as major distributors Charmer, Southern Wine & Spirits, Eber Brothers and Peerless have battled for dominance. Some industry observers see the Charmer and Peerless venture as a match born of necessity.

The Charmer Sunbelt Group is one of the nation's leading distributors with affiliated, independent companies in Alabama, Arizona, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Illinois, Maryland, Mississippi, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Virginia and The District of Columbia. Peerless, which has operated in the New York since 1944, is owned by Quaker Equities, which also owns Brescome-Barton, a wine and spirits distributor in Connecticut.

Huge changes in the New York market began in late 2004 when Southern Wine & Spirits of America, the country's largest wine and spirits distributor, purchased Premier Wine & Spirits, the fourth largest distributor in New York. That year Eber Bros.-Paramount Brands and National Distributing Company also agreed to create a joint venture for distribution of wine and spirits in metro New York. Southern later bought Lauber Imports, the importer/distributor serving New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Southern, among other things, soon after picked up distribution rights for the portfolios of Pernod Ricard and Jim Brands that previously were with Charmer in New York.

"Some very large brands are in play," one industry source said of the new venture. "This is a defining time for the new York Market."

"The Charmer Sunbelt Group is very enthusiastic about joining forces with Peerless," Charles Merinoff, CEO of The Charmer Sunbelt Group, said in a press release. "Being like-minded, family owned companies with over 60 years of collective experience in servicing customers and suppliers, we are highly confident about the opportunities that the business combination will create for our suppliers, brands, retailers and consumers," he said.

"This combination makes great sense strategically," said John Magliocco, Chairman of Quaker Equities Ltd., owner of Peerless announced. "We are looking forward to synergies that will allow us to do an even better job for our suppliers and our customers. We can't think of finer partners than the Merinoffs and the Druckers."

Empire will be led by E. Lloyd Sobel as CEO, Anthony Magliocco as COO, Terrence Arlotta as CFO, and Steve Meresman as Corporate Secretary.

http://www.winebusiness.com/news/?go=getArticle&dataId=43927

There were four Magliocco brothers involved with the Mafia. Joseph, Ambrose (a captain, demoted in 1964 by Colombo), Antonio and Angelo. Their father, Giovanni was a man of honor, arrested for the shooting of Frank D´Agati (his son in law) back in 1922. I believe D´Agati survived, but the shooting was revenge for D´Agati killing his wife, Antonia (sister of the four Magliocco brothers mentioned above). In the 1980s, Scarpa identified a Gene Magliocco as a made member. But how exactly Gene was related to the Magliocco brothers, I don´t know. John "Arrow" Magliocco also seems to have been a made guy with the Colombos. He seems to be the son of Antonio, one of the Magliocco brothers.

I am specifically interested in information regarding Anthony Magliocco Sr. There is a ton in the Scarpa files on brother Ambrose, but only a fleeting mention of Anthony being in Bill Cutolo's crew as late as 1991.

Antonio was born in 1909, died in 1994. His name pops up in a report of the Special Committee to Investigate Presidential, Vice Presidential, and Senatorial Campaign Expenditures in 1944. 500 dollars was contributed in his name. In the 1970s, Antonio Magliocco faced scrutiny when the Brandeis University presented destinguished service awards to him and his son John. They both were recipients of the Brandeis honors. It was discovered that the Maglioccos had contributed with atleast 60 thousand dollars to Brandeis since the early 1950s.
To my knowledge, Antonio Magliocco was never convicted or even arrested for any crimes. That´s basically what I know about him. There may be more info in the Scarpa files, but I can´t say for sure. I don´t remember him being mentioned in there, other than the mention of him being a member of Cutolo´s crew.

There were four bothers and I believe that Joe and his brother Ambrose were the only two that were made in the Profaci family. I believe Gene Magliocco is the son of Ambrose.

Scarpa makes it clear that Antonio Magliocco Sr. was also a soldier in the family and active until at least '91.

I haven´t got the time to go through the Scarpa files, but it seems to me that Antonio Magliocco was a fully legit guy. Never involved with any street rackets. Back in the day, in the Mafia, there were plenty of fully legit guys.

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My branch of the family comes from Casalattico, Italy, Province of Frosinone my dad told me Joe Magliocco may have been a distant relative ..not sure if it is true or not and always wondered does any one know of any connections this family has to Casalattico ???
also The old man and myself watched an interesting movie together called honer Thy Father it was very entertaining if anyone is interested ....here is a link to it on you tube ....thanks for an interesting thread ..http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5pYTR7iPkY