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» Crime Library: Colombo Family
   Writer Anthony Bruno surveys the rise and fall of one of America's most powerful crime families - Profaci/Colombo.
   http://www.trutv.com/library/crime/gangsters_outlaws/family_epics/colombo/1.html

» FBI: Freedom of Information Act: Carmine Persico Jr.
   Bureau files on the boss of the Colombo Crime Family.
   http://foia.fbi.gov/foiaindex/persico_carmine_john_jr.htm

» Gang Land: Colombo: The First Century
   Article and photos relating to 100 years of New York's Colombo/Profaci criminal organization.
   http://www.ganglandnews.com/colombo.htm

» Gangsters Incorporated: Joe Colombo
   Article and photos of the life of the New York mob boss.
   http://gangstersinc.tripod.com/JoeColombo.html

» New York Times: Top Member of Colombo Crime Family Is Ambushed in Brooklyn
   Selwyn Raab article describes an attack against Gregory Scarpa and a Civil War within the Mafia clan.
   http://www.nytimes.com/1992/12/30/nyregion/top-member-of-colombo-crime-family-is-ambushed-in-brooklyn.html

» Village Voice: Mobster on a Mission
   Tom Robbins' biographical article on Colombo captain and FBI informant Gregory Scarpa Sr. The article explores Scarpa's relationship with FBI handler Lindley DeVecchio and his 1964 aide in locating three missing civil rights workers in Mississippi.
   http://www.villagevoice.com/news/0603,robbins,71772,5.html

» Wikipedia: Colombo Crime Family
   History of the New York criminal organization. Discusses Profaci-Gallo War, boss Joe Colombo, Persico era.
   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colombo_crime_family

» Wikipedia: Joe Colombo
   Biography of the New York gang boss. Topics include the formation of the Italian-American Civil Rights League and Colombo's assassination.
   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Colombo

» Wikipedia: Joe Profaci
   Biographical article on the founder of the crime family later named "Colombo."
   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Profaci

» Wikipedia: Joseph Magliocco
   Biographical article on the crime boss who reigned briefly between Joseph Profaci and Joseph Colombo.
   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Magliocco