Joseph Charles Massino was an American mobster. He was a member of the Mafia and boss of the Bonanno crime family from 1991 until 2004, when he became the first boss of one of the Five Families in New York City to turn state's evidence.
From left to right: Gerlando Sciascia, Vito Rizzuto, Giovanni Ligammari and Joey Massino in 1981
FBI surveillance photo of Massino and James Episcopia
FBI surveillance photograph of Joseph Massino, Salvatore Vitale and Frank Lino. The three men are headed to the wake of former Gambino crime family underboss Frank DeCicco, in April 1986.
The American Mafia, commonly referred to in North America as the Italian-American Mafia, the Mafia, or the Mob, is a highly organized Italian American criminal society and organized crime group.
Al Capone's culturally publicized violent rise to power in Chicago made him an ever-lasting criminal figure of the Prohibition era.
FBI chart of American Mafia bosses across the country in 1963.
Charles "Lucky" Luciano in 1948