Because family is at the heart of the Mafia
On the fifth of August, a Saturday, young Angelo was lured away by members of the Nicolosi family. They were his neighbors, people he knew well. It may have taken him some time to realize that he could not go home.
Joe Profaci owed his success to a network of so-called “cousins” from the old country.
While Al Capone’s Outfit was fighting its way to the top of Chicago’s underworld, one of his chief rivals was the mafioso Joe Aiello.
Mafia Genealogy 