Editing Colombo crime family (section)

==Federal prosecutions and modern activity==
The FBI identifies the Colombo organization as one of New York's five Mafia families.<ref>[https://www.fbi.gov/file-repository/mafia-family-tree.pdf “New York's Five Families”], Federal Bureau of Investigation.</ref>

In September 2021, federal prosecutors charged fourteen defendants, including alleged members of the Colombo administration, captains, members and associates, with labor racketeering, extortion, money laundering, fraud and related offenses.<ref name="DOJ2021">[https://www.justice.gov/usao-edny/pr/14-defendants-indicted-including-entire-administration-colombo-organized-crime-family “14 Defendants Indicted, Including the Entire Administration of the Colombo Organized Crime Family”], United States Attorney's Office, Eastern District of New York, September 14, 2021.</ref> Indictment descriptions were allegations until resolved.

By October 2023, all fourteen defendants had pleaded guilty to various crimes. The Justice Department said the defendants and their co-conspirators used extortion, loansharking, fraud and drug trafficking to enrich themselves and promote the continued operation of the Colombo family.<ref name="DOJ2023">[https://www.justice.gov/usao-edny/pr/14-defendants-including-leaders-colombo-organized-crime-family-plead-guilty-various “14 Defendants, Including Leaders of the Colombo Organized Crime Family, Plead Guilty to Various Crimes”], United States Attorney's Office, Eastern District of New York, October 20, 2023.</ref>

Those pleas provide stronger evidence than the original allegations and establish activity into the 2020s. They do not make every person associated socially or through employment an inducted member.