Joseph Miranda

Who is Joseph Miranda?

Joseph "Joe" Miranda is an American mobster and member of the New Jersey-based DeCavalcante crime family. A longtime "soldier" to Simone "Sam the Plumber" DeCavalcante and later boss Giovanni Riggi, he became acting underboss for Girolamo "Jimmy" Palermo following the imprisonment of many high-ranking members in 2003.

As the crime family's most senior member, earning him the sobriquet "the Old Man", Miranda was the defacto head of the DeCavalcantes for three years until stepping down in favor of Francesco Guarraci in late-2006. He and Guarraci are presently the two top men, as boss and underboss respectively, in the criminal organization.