Editing Joe Profaci (section)

===Rise to family boss===
On December 5, 1928, Profaci attended a mob meeting in [[Cleveland, Ohio]]. The agenda of the meeting included resolving conflicts arising from assassinations, and a vote on recognition of the Profaci crime family in Brooklyn. The 1963 [[McClellan hearings]] introduced some erroneous facts about the origins of the Profaci family, one being that it was an offshoot of Maranzano's crime family.<ref name=Critchley>{{cite book|last=Critchley|first=David|title=The origin of organized crime in America : the New York City Mafia, 1891-1931|year=2008|publisher=Routledge|location=London|isbn=978-0-415-99030-1|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0_wq1QreSSoC&q=%22Joseph+Profaci%22&pg=PA160}}</ref> His brother-in-law, Joe Magliocco, was Profaci's second-in-command.

Given Profaci's lack of experience in organized crime, it is unclear why the New York gangs gave him power in Brooklyn. Some speculated that Profaci received this position due to his family's status in Sicily, where they may have belonged to the Villabate Mafia. Profaci may have also benefited from contacts made through his olive oil business.<ref name=Critchley />  Cleveland police eventually raided the meeting and expelled the mobsters from Cleveland, but Profaci's business was accomplished.

By 1930, Profaci was controlling numbers, prostitution, [[loansharking]], and narcotics trafficking in Brooklyn. In 1930, the [[Castellammarese War]] broke out in New York City. Some sources say that Profaci remained neutral, while others say that Profaci was firmly aligned with Castellammarese boss [[Salvatore Maranzano]].<ref name=Harrell />  When the war finally ended in 1931, top mobster [[Lucky Luciano|Charles "Lucky" Luciano]] reorganized the New York gangs into five organized crime families. At this point, Profaci was recognized as boss of what was now the Profaci crime family, with Magliocco as [[underboss]] and Salvatore Profaci as ''consigliere''.

When Luciano created the [[National Crime Syndicate]], also known as the [[The Commission (mafia)|Mafia Commission]], he gave Profaci a seat on the governing board. Profaci's closest ally on the board was Bonanno, who would cooperate with Profaci over the next 30 years. Profaci was also allied with [[Stefano Magaddino]], the boss of the [[Buffalo crime family]].