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Joseph Joe Bikini

Case from Queens, NY dated May 20, 1976

Victim Details

Joseph E Joe Bikini Brocchini

Male

White / Caucasian

Queens

NY

1976-05-20

43

Joseph

Joe Bikini

07/12/2026

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Joseph E. “Joe Bikini” Brocchini, 43, a White male from Queens, New York, had a reputation in organized-crime circles as an enforcer and loanshark who later moved into gambling and the pornography trade, building out a lucrative smut-distribution business tied to Times Square peep shows and related operations. In the early 1970s, he surfaced publicly in law-enforcement dragnet headlines aimed at major pornography distributors, one of the names swept into obscenity indictments during that per ...
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    Has anyone else noticed the eerie silence from law enforcement after Joe Bikini's murder? Understand... ...Read More
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    Does anyone else wonder how Joe Brocchini's associates reacted after his murder? Considering how clo... ...Read More
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    I've been thinking a lot about the aftermath for Joe Bikini Brocchini's family. Losing someone to su... ...Read More
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