Seems like a real lack of activity and prominence from any crew related to the Colombo family. Where other families still have extremely active, large and well documented crews, seems as though the Colombos have nothing.

I don't believe that the family is simply "flying under the radar while rebuilding".

I don’t understand your point. Are you saying they’re defunct?
Of course they have crews. I doubt they’re all scraping by. They are sure not as well off and well organized as the other four families, but you don’t need to be a Capeci to assume that even the Colombo’s must have few decent money making decina.

Remember, we (obviously) compare them to the other NY families. If compared to Philly or Boston, for instance, the Colombo’s would look like the Royal Family.

https://aboutthemafia.com/category/colombo-family

New racketeering indictment targets mobsters from two New York Mafia families
July 12, 2018 By TheBoss 52 Comments



A new 32-count racketeering indictment from the feds took down members and associates of two New York Mafia families.

In total two alleged made members of the Colombo crime family along with a made guy from the Gambino crime family were charged in Brooklyn Federal Court along with suspected mob associates. The alleged mobsters were hit with various charges including acts of extortion, extortionate collection, money laundering and illegal gambling. The defendants are all from Brooklyn and have been running their criminal enterprises there and in Staten Island among other places since 2010 according to the authorities. NYPD Police Commissioner James O’Neill said the Mafia may be diminished but it is not dead.

The Colombo family made guys were identified as Jerry “Fat Jerry” Ciauri and Vito “The Mask” Difalco along with Anthony “Anthony Suits” Licata from the Gambino family. United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York Richard P. Donoghue said: “This investigation shows that members of Cosa Nostra continue to prey on members of our community, enriching themselves and their criminal network by making extortionate loans and using threats of violence to collect.” He also said rooting out traditional organized crime remained a high priority for his office and other law enforcement partners.

FBI Assistant Director-in-Charge Sweeney said, “As alleged in the indictment, these defendants instilled fear in the hearts of their victims through threats of violence.” The feds claim they extended extortionate loans to multiple victims and used extortionate means to collect those debts when debtors fell behind on payments. Among the evidence collected during the investigation were wiretapped telephone conversations in which multiple threats of violence were made according to prosecutors.

All of the accused pleaded not guilty to the various crime on Wednesday and will be back in court on August 7th. Difalco, Ciauri, and Licata the alleged made men in the case are all being held without bail. If convicted they could each be facing up to 20 years behind bars. Loan sharking has long been a stable and extremely profitable racket for the New York Mafia and Mob families elsewhere. The full indictment can be seen here.


https://www.justice.gov/usao-edny/p...nostra-indicted-racketeering-and-related

A 32-count indictment was unsealed today in federal court in Brooklyn charging two inducted members and two associates of the Colombo organized crime family (the “Colombo family”) with racketeering, including predicate acts of extortion, extortionate collection, money laundering and illegal gambling. The indictment also charges one inducted member of the Gambino organized crime family of La Cosa Nostra (the “Gambino family”) with extortionate collection and a related conspiracy. The indictment relates to the defendants’ alleged criminal activities in Brooklyn, Staten Island and elsewhere between December 2010 and June 2018.

The defendants—Jerry Ciauri, also known as “Fat Jerry,” a member of the Colombo family, Vito Difalco, also known as “Victor” and “The Mask,” a member of the Colombo family, Salvatore Disano, also known as “Sal Heaven,” an associate of the Colombo family, Anthony Licata, also known as “Anthony Suits,” a member of the Gambino family, and Joseph Maratea, an associate of the Colombo family—were arrested today and are scheduled to be arraigned this afternoon before Magistrate Judge Ramon E. Reyes, Jr.



This indictment mean that the Colombos aren't anymore the pariahs and that the other families want to made bussinesses with them.

That wasn't the point. Compared to Philly and Boston/RI the colombos have been comparatively less visible. The Colombos have few trials, arrests, noted events, clubs, meetings, etc. They have no dominant crew. They have no discernible geographic stronghold. They no longer have a dedicated investigation unit at the federal level.

The Bonannos and Lukes are said to have a similar membership (in numbers), but those families are all over the place in terms of documented activity. The Decavs have even been more active, and the Decavs are thought to have galf the membership of the Colombos.

I'm not saying the Colombos are defunct, but the obvious lapse in activity is telling. I am not saying they are obsolete. I know they exist, as one of their members recently stole a power tool from home depot.

All I'm suggesting is that they are more diminished than people realize. For a group that is 100 members strong you would hear atleast something, but no. And its not like they'll post an obituary announcing their demise.

They are on the way out, and likely close to being obsolete.

It amazes me how little some of you know. If the Colombos were the only family in NY, they would be the strongest family in the country by far. It's not even close.

You will see Philly become defunct long before the Colombos, and Philly will be here 20 years from now.

Okay, maybe I'm wrong. So are there any powerful colombo crews?

Lukes: New Jersey Crew, caridi/avellino crew on long island, crea in tuckahoe

Genovese: 116th street (now westchester) crew, parkside crew (federici/romanello), parello on arthur avenue

Gambino: 18th avenue (bensonhurst cali/cefalu), former truchio crew in howard beach

Decavs: Ribera crew in Elizabeth, toms river crew

Philly even has a 10th and O satellite crew, in addition to their made members

Colombo:...

In this day and age , if we know of them and what they are doing..... then they are not doing well.

exactly

I agree 100%