Originally Posted By: dixiemafia
Yes from what I seen on the FBI site they liked to call each family after whoever the boss was at that time. Of course now they go by our regular 4 families we are used to hearing.

The Feds went with the "Magliocco Family" for the Colombos after Colombo was killed. Then it changed to Persico Family after the Snake took over.


The Colombo name stuck. In some reports you'd see things like the "Gambino/Gotti" family, the "Genovese/Gigante" family, the "Colombo/Persico" family, the "Lucchese/Amuso" family, and the "Bonanno/Massino" family but those same 5 names - Genovese, Gambino, Lucchese, Colombo, Bonanno - are what's set in stone. There was also a similar thing in Philadelphia for a time where you saw the "Bruno/Scarfo" family.

Last edited by IvyLeague; 10/13/13 11:04 PM.

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