Vito "Don Vito" Genovese (November 27, 1897 – February 14, 1969) was an Italian gangster in America and is known as the boss of Genovese crime family through 1957 to 1969. Vito is also credited of killing Willie Moretti and organized Frank Costello's failed assassination by Vincent Gigante. Vito also ordered Frank Scalise's death who was an underboss of Albert Anastasia and ally to Frank Costello. Vito Genovese is considered to be "one of the most powerful crime bosses of all time" by the FBI. According to mobster Joseph Valachi, Genovese was a murderer with his own set of rules:
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| - Vito "Don Vito" Genovese (November 27, 1897 – February 14, 1969) was an Italian gangster in America and is known as the boss of Genovese crime family through 1957 to 1969. Vito is also credited of killing Willie Moretti and organized Frank Costello's failed assassination by Vincent Gigante. Vito also ordered Frank Scalise's death who was an underboss of Albert Anastasia and ally to Frank Costello. Vito Genovese is considered to be "one of the most powerful crime bosses of all time" by the FBI. According to mobster Joseph Valachi, Genovese was a murderer with his own set of rules:
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| - Michael James Genovese
- Michael and Carmine Genovese
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| - Crime boss, mobster, bootlegger, businessman, drug trafficker, extortionist, racketeer
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| - Springfield, Missouri, U.S.
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| - Resided in New York City much of his life
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| - Conspiracy to import and sell narcotics Heroin Trafficking
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| - Worked for Giuseppe Masseria, late 1920's-1931 Genovese Crime Family boss, 1957-69
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| - Rose to power during Prohibition as an enforcer in the American Mafia Became leader of the Genovese crime family Served as mentor to the future Genovese Crime Family boss Vincent Gigante
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| - Vito "Don Vito" Genovese (November 27, 1897 – February 14, 1969) was an Italian gangster in America and is known as the boss of Genovese crime family through 1957 to 1969. Vito is also credited of killing Willie Moretti and organized Frank Costello's failed assassination by Vincent Gigante. Vito also ordered Frank Scalise's death who was an underboss of Albert Anastasia and ally to Frank Costello. Vito Genovese is considered to be "one of the most powerful crime bosses of all time" by the FBI. According to the FBI, Vito Genovese was one of the most powerful, dangerous, and feared crime boss in America. In 1960, Genovese had an outstanding net worth of $4 Billion. Vito Genovese was born on November 27, 1897, in Risigliano, a frazione in the commune of Tufino, near Naples, in Italy. His father was Felice Genovese and his mother Nunziata Genovese. Vito had two brothers, Michael and Carmine Genovese, who also belonged to Vito Genovese's crime family. Vito Genovese's cousin, Michael James Genovese, became boss of the Pittsburgh crime family. Vito Genovese was a short man who stood at 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m). He and his family lived a quiet life in a house in Atlantic Highlands, New Jersey. According to mobster Joseph Valachi, Genovese was a murderer with his own set of rules: "If you went to Vito and told him about some guy who was doing wrong, he would have this guy killed and then he would have you killed for telling on the guy."
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