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Vito Genovese (Italian: [ˈviːto dʒenoˈveːze, -eːse]; November 21, 1897 – February 14, 1969) was an Italian-born American mobster of the American Mafia.
On March 26, 1950, Philip Genovese, 18, son of Vito and Anna, driving his father’s car, crashed into a parked vehicle on Route 9 in Freehold, injuring five people. The initial newspaper report at the time erroneously stated that Vito was driving.
Oct 13, 2024 · Vito Genovese (born November 27, 1897, Rosiglino, Italy—died February 14, 1969, Springfield, Missouri, U.S.) was one of the most powerful of American crime syndicate and Mafia bosses from the 1930s to the 1950s and a major influence even from prison, 1959–69.
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In 1959, Valachi was sentenced to 15 years' imprisonment for narcotics involvement. He feared that crime family boss and namesake, Vito Genovese, ordered a murder-contract on him in 1962. Valachi and Genovese were both serving prison sentences for heroin trafficking.
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Vito Genovese was born on November 21, 1897, in the town of Tufino in Italy. He and his sister Giovanna Jennie and brothers, Michael and Carmine, were raised in the subdivision of Ricigliano. He was 15 years old when his father, Frances Felice Genovese, and his mother, Nunziata Aluotto, prepared to immigrate to America. Arriving in New York City ab...
Named after Salvatore Maranzano’s birthplace, Castellammare del Golfo, the Castellammarese War saw him square off with Joe Masseria for territory and control. All revenue sources were in jeopardy, from illegal gambling and bootlegging to drug trafficking and prostitution. The relentless bloodshed didn’t cease until April 15, 1931. According to Carl...
Vito Genovese’s time as boss of the Luciano crime family was brief, however. Because he was determined to avoid an indictment for murdering Boccia, he fled to Italy in 1937, naming Frank Costello acting boss in his stead. In Italy, Genovese mingled with local dons, extorted the local rackets, and even befriended Benito Mussolini. In 1943, he ordere...
An American Mafia don with a complex legacy, Vito Genovese was ruthless, ambitious and power hungry, remembered as much for his heavily feared reputation as for being at least partially responsible for the downfall of organized crime in the United States in the latter half of the 20th century.
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Dec 7, 2014 · Vito “Don Vito” Genovese was an early boss and namesake of the Genovese crime family in New York. From Prohibition to Apalachin, he used his wits and reputation for violence to help maintain the organization’s place of infamy among the city’s “five families.”
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