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The Most Feared Mafia Boss: Vito Genovese - The Man Who Almost Destroyed the Mob From Within
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Apr 21, 2025
The untold story of Vito Genovese, the ruthless mastermind who rose from humble Italian immigrant to one of America's most powerful crime bosses. From bootlegging during Prohibition to orchestrating hits in barber chairs, discover how his insatiable hunger for power ultimately contributed to the mafia's downfall. Journey through the blood-soaked streets of New York as we uncover: • His rise from Naples poverty to American underworld kingpin • The deadly Castellammarese War and betrayal of Joe Masseria • The infamous Apalachin Meeting that exposed the mob's vast network • His final days behind bars and the testimony that changed everything 🕰️ Timestamps: 0:00 - Introduction 2:15 - Early Life in Italy 4:30 - Arrival in America 7:45 - Prohibition Era 12:30 - The Rise to Power 18:45 - The Fall from Grace 25:30 - Legacy and Impact #OrganizedCrime #MafiaHistory #TrueCrime #VioGenovese #AmericanMafia #DarkHistory #CrimeBoss #truecrimestory The Most Feared Mafia Boss: Vito Genovese - The Man Who Almost Destroyed the Mob From Within 🕴️ | Dark History
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in the late 19th century a wave of
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immigration sent countless families from
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Italy to distant shores among them stood
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one clan whose name would eventually
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shake the foundations of the American
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underworld veto Genevvesi born in
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November of 1897 near Naples emerged as
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a pivotal figure in true crime and
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organized crime circles across the
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United States his journey which led him
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from humble origins to the pinnacle of
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notorious kingpins is a stark
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illustration of how Italy's long
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tradition of the mafia or kosanostra our
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thing transplanted itself into the
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American landscape while many immigrants
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sought honest work in a land that
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promised opportunity some like Genevves
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capitalized on illicit ventures and
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molded themselves into figures of
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legendary yet dark renown genevvesy's
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earliest days unfolded in humble rural
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conditions his father Feliz often called
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Philip in America labored on various
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construction projects around Naples just
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scraping by he and Veto's mother Nuniata
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raised four children in total a daughter
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whose name was lost in the records and
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three sons including Michael Carmine and
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of course Veto their meager resources
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mirrored those of countless families who
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looked across the ocean suspecting that
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opportunity lurked in America but for
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many of these southern Italian
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immigrants such vast transitions came
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loaded with mystery and sometimes with
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distinctly dark history by 1913
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15-year-old Veto followed millions bound
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for the new world he set sail on the SS
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Torina leaving behind his limited
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schooling and scarce
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possibilities like so many others shaped
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by that era he arrived in a place that
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tested the metal of any poor newcomer
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opportunities in New York City were
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elusive and in some pockets the
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environment bristled with anti-Italian
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sentiment xenophobia reigned in some
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districts forcing many families into
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cramped ghettos crime in certain cases
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became the path taken by those who found
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mainstream doors closed to them in
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Veto's case police files would soon
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reveal his propensity for stepping onto
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the shady side of the law soon after his
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American arrival Veto embraced an
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illicit path at 19 he faced arrest in
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Manhattan for unlawful firearm
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possession despite being sentenced to a
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short stint behind bars the country's
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focus on the raging global conflict in
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Europe World War I offered him an
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unusual exit he was allowed to
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substitute military service for time in
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prison though he agreed history
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indicates he never actually fought
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overseas with the Great War closing
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before he saw deployment his brush with
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the army seemed to do little to dissuade
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him from criminal pursuits rumors even
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emerged linking him to a prostitution
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ring on the Lower East Side though
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nobody ever proved it nonetheless
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whispers of such underworld secrets were
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swirling around him from a young age of
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course one pivotal factor in catapulting
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Genevvesi and his colleagues to
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prominence was
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prohibition the 18th amendment ratified
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in
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1919 banned alcohol's production and
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sale across the nation opening the door
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to a massive black market speak easys
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illegal distilleries and bootlegging
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ventures multiplied
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infamous syndicates across the country
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rushed to supply thirsty patrons and
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crime families of Italian-American and
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Irish descent seized the chance to build
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wealth and influence in short order
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Geneovves became one of these major
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operators forging ties with other power
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players such as Charles Lucky Luchiano
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and Frank Costello born Francesco
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Castiglia
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this shift from small-time crime to
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bootlegging and beyond would forever
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shape the real mafia stories that
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populate American dark history one of
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Genevves's first significant appearances
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in police records was no mild incident
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it happened in May of
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1924 he crashed his vehicle near
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Prospect Park returning from Coney
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Island another passenger died in the
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wreck while Veto sustained cracked ribs
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and a dislocated shoulder the
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authorities doubted his explanation of a
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simple accident especially after finding
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weapons at the crash site they believed
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a group of rival bootleggers possibly
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targeting Veto had slammed into his car
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this suspicion only gave law enforcement
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its first real taste of his life behind
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the scenes of organized crime though it
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was far from the last time he would
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appear in their files throughout the
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1920s violence swirled around Geneva's
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existence in 1926 he survived a gunshot
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wound to the neck another testament to
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the lethal environment in which he
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operated yet at this time he was linked
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with influential Italian-American
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criminals who operated under the
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umbrella of Joe the boss Maseria
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prohibition the dark impetus that fueled
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so many underworld secrets swelled their
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bank accounts and men like Genev rose in
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tandem with it but for all this wealth
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the era was also steeped in blood feuds
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in 1930 pursuit of territory rackets and
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personal vendettas culminated in the
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lethal Castellamares war sparked by the
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killing of Gaitano Raina an event with
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strong circumstantial evidence
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implicating Geneovves this conflict
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raged for over a year forces loyal to
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Maseria including Veto faced off against
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Salvatoreé Marenzano's power base from
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Castellamore Delo in Sicily killings
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erupted across burrows with alliances
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bending and snapping under strain by
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late 1930 and into 1931 Genevvesi and
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Lucky Luchiano recognized that their
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boss Maseria was losing ground they
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brokered a secret accord with Maranzano
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turning on Maseria if the
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Castellamaray's boss agreed to let them
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share the spoils afterward with that
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pact in place the drama reached its
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zenith on April 15th
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1931 maseria was assassinated in a Coney
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Island ery genevves supposedly led the
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group that actually pulled the trigger
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while Luchiano found a convenient excuse
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to excuse himself to the bathroom right
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before the bullets started flying this
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violent day efficiently ended the
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Castellamay's war yet peace was fleeting
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marenzano newly crowned as the boss of
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bosses demanded homage from everyone a
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step that seeded distrust and anger
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toward him sensing trouble Luchiano and
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Genevves struck first they enlisted help
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from Myalanski a luminary in the Jewish
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American underworld hired assassins were
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sent into Maranzano's office they
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stabbed and shot him there in September
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of
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1931 with Marano gone the triumphant
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faction formed a new structure instead
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of concentrating excessive authority in
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one man's hands they created the
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commission a collective board
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representing multiple crime families it
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was intended to prevent the sort of
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all-consuming wars that had recently
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rocked New York's underworld across the
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commission's table sat seven bosses five
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from New York representing the so-called
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five families plus outfits in Buffalo
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and Chicago luchiano refused the exalted
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boss of bosses title knowing it made men
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like Marenzano targets but everyone
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recognized he had substantial pull in
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this arrangement Geneovves stood just
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below Luchiano in their renamed group
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while Frank Costello became the
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influential adviser or
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conciglier despite initial unity future
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antagonism between Genevves and Costello
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would shape the internal minations of
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these crime
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families outside the realm of gunfights
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and vengeance Genevves's personal life
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took abrupt turns at this same time his
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wife Donata passed away in 1931 from
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tuberculosis leaving a daughter Nancy in
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short order Veto began courting and soon
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married Anna Venotico who was herself
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mired in complicated circumstances
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involving another husband rumors
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abounded that Veto orchestrated Anna's
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previous husband's murder though the
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evidence for that was at best shaky
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regardless Genevies capitalized on the
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talk never denying it perhaps to fortify
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his menacing image prohibition had
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forged these men into wealthy power
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brokers but in 1933 the 18th amendment
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was repealed the entire structure of
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illegal booze collapsed men like
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Geneovves had to pivot quickly many
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turned to the lucrative potential of
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narcotics especially smuggling
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operations from Asia and Europe unsolved
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mysteries indeed swirl around how they
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ran opium and heroin from port to port
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but they also saw potential in gambling
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in those years mobsters experimented
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with gambling hubs not just in Nevada's
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desert Mecca but also in places like
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Galveastston Texas there was no shortage
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of shady possibilities veto ran a
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variety of such operations though the
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details aren't always fully documented
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in 1934 he pulled a major con with an
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associate named Michelle Miranda they
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swindled a merchant who had fallen into
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the clutches of gambling addiction
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tricking him with a rigged card game and
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bizarre claims of a money printing
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machine this netted them a large sum
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however one of their accompllices
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Ferdinand the Shadow Botcher demanded a
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slice and tension
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escalated genevves wasn't one to
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negotiate kindly over a share so Botcher
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ended up shot dead in a Brooklyn cafe
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and they had further instructions to
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kill another associate William Gallow
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and set him on fire though Gallow was
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indeed shot that portion of the plan
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flopped they never torched him gallow
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lived and law enforcement took notice
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they suspected Genevese but proving his
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guilt was far from simple if you examine
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Genevvesy's path it's hard to find a
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juncture where murder or violence served
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merely as a last resort instead these
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acts sometimes seemed like first steps
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he reportedly bragged about eliminating
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Anna's estranged husband possibly to
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intimidate future opponents in
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personality however many who encountered
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him claimed he was subdued and calm
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until his temper flared then he could
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become explosively dangerous this trait
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would ironically steer him into trouble
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in later chapters of dark history
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possibly accelerating the mafia's slide
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into broader scrutiny when the
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authorities resumed investigating
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Botcher's murder the heat turned up veto
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faced the risk of life in prison just as
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his close ally Lucky Luchiano went down
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on pimping charges in 1936
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luchiano's downfall was a watershed in
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real mafia stories arrested and tried as
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the orchestrator behind a vast
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prostitution ring he was found guilty
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and handed an extensive prison sentence
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many believed the case wasn't entirely
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honest that he was framed by overzealous
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officials whether that was true or not
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he was exiled to prison in his absence
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Genevvesi took over day-to-day
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operations for what was commonly still
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referred to as the Luciano crime family
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yet the intense efforts by special
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prosecutor Thomas E dwey to root out New
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York's organized crime continued dwey
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named Genevvesi as a key figure
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splashing photos of him across
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newspapers fearing he would suffer
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Luchiano's fate Veto fled he burned down
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his mansion in New Jersey for insurance
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and shipped off to Italy in 1937 with
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large sums of cash and investments
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hoping to lie low abroad but Italy in
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the late 1930s was far from tranquil
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bonito Mussolini's fascist state had
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waged a harsh crackdown on mafia groups
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at least on the surface some claim that
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the government only wanted to co-opt
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these networks or extort them for
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financial gain either way Genevies
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navigated the environment by
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distributing strategic bribes making
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friends with fascist officials and
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allegedly assisting in the murder of an
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outspoken anti-fascist journalist in New
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York he built a massive black market
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enterprise in southern Italy once World
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War II erupted particularly when the
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Allies invaded Sicily in
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1943 he capitalized on US intelligence
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contacts he paved a route for American
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troops using underworld acquaintances to
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help them land in Italy smoothly when
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Mussolini fell Genevvesi continued his
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profitable contraband operations under
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Allied occupation he was brazen enough
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to move large quantities of supplies
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sometimes with official paperwork that
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let him breeze through security
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checkpoints despite his cunning an
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American investigator named Orange C
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dicki began digging into these dealings
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determined to bring
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charges eventually Veto was arrested on
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suspicion of black market profitering
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and as the war concluded he was
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extradited back to the US in mid 1945 to
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face that decade old murder charge for
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Bocher yet once again critical witnesses
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either died or vanished the case fell
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apart no sooner was he cleared than he
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received word of a gathering set for
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late 1946 in Havana Cuba orchestrated by
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Myalansky and Lucky Luchiano since his
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release from US prison Luchiano had been
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deported back to Italy but found it
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convenient to host a major mob summit in
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Cuba not far from American shores the
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meeting hashed out expansions into
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gambling ventures on the island but it
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also gave Genevvesi an opening he
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suggested that Luchiano reassert himself
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as boss of bosses and in turn appoint
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Veto to rule in New York while Lucky
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remained forced abroad Luchiano
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supposedly exploded with fury shutting
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down the plan he had refused that grand
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title years before and saw no reason to
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claim it now tensions simmered between
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Genevves and Frank Costello who had held
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control in New York through the war
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years this rivalry would soon fester
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realizing it might be best to build up
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his domain quietly Genevvesi spent the
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late 1940s expanding businesses both
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legitimate and not freight companies
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recycling firms bars and gambling
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rackets dotted his portfolio however the
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NYPD suspected him of deeper involvement
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in narcotics while he was almost
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certainly active in some capacity most
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big bosses remained leerary of diving
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too openly into drug
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operations that market after all was
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prone to heavy legal penalties and
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vigorous
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investigations so for a few years
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Genevves successfully flew under the
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radar still scandal found him in the
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early 1950s in the shape of domestic
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turmoil his marriage to Anna soured she
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publicly took him to court complaining
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of abandonment and demanding support she
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even hinted at Veto's vast fortunes
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though such admissions clashed with the
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mob's ethos of secrecy and family
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loyalty genevves response was both
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characteristic and chilling to quell
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internal gossip he had one of his
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longtime associates Steven France who
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had been overseeing Anna's finances and
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lifestyle taken out joe Velace who would
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one day become a crucial government
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witness carried out the killing in mid
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1953 this act was a stern reminder that
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challenging Veto's decisions could end
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with a bullet even if you were part of
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his inner circle by the mid
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1950s Genevvesi and Costello were locked
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in a simmering competition for true
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headship of what was still commonly
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called the Luchiano crime family both
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men also faced scrutiny from the IRS
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over taxes in 1954 Costello was found
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guilty of tax evasion and locked away
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though he managed through appeals to be
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released in 1957
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genevvesi who hoped to fill the void
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found his plans dangling precariously
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when Costello got out sooner than
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expected realizing Costello posed a
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challenge to his ambitions Genevves
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orchestrated a near fatal attack on him
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just as he stepped back into society
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vincent Gigante who once boxed but then
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turned enforcer delivered the bullet
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that grazed Costello's head although
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Frank survived the message was clear
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horrified by the brazen attempt Castello
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soon withdrew from leadership that left
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Genevese in effective control with
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Castello out Genevves turned his sights
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on Albert Anastasia the notoriously
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lethal head of another major New York
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family anastasia was known for his
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unhinged hurry to resort to murder which
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gave him nicknames like the Mad Hatter
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fearing Anastasia might retaliate for
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Castello's forced retirement Genevies
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decided to eliminate him first so in
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October of 1957 hitmen shot Anastasia
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repeatedly while he sat in a barber's
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chair on 7th Avenue ensuring there would
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be no miraculous escape this event
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rocked all corners of the syndicate as
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Anastasia's looming presence had ended
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abruptly in a hail of gunfire by this
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juncture Genevves appeared to hold more
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influence than ever wanting to formalize
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his leadership in late 1957 he organized
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a massive summit of mafia leaders the
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Appalachin Meeting held at the rural
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home of Joseph Barbara in upstate New
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York real mafia stories note that some
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of the nation's most prominent crime
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families converge there intending to
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solidify stances on expansions into Cuba
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harness control of the garment industry
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and other mob matters they also expected
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to affirm Genevves's position as a top
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boss but suspicious neighbors combined
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with police vigilance derailed the
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entire plan officers stopped multiple
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luxury cars recognized known criminals
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and set up roadblocks pandemonium ensued
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as participants sprinted into the woods
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over 60 men were detained including
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Genevesei though the subsequent
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conspiracy convictions were all
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eventually overturned this gathering
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exposed the mob's extensive network more
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than ever before fueling the
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government's determination to strike
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back still Genevvesa had only a short
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time to savor his moment at the top by
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mid 1958 he faced a Senate hearing
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regarding corruption within the labor
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unions some of which he manipulated
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behind the scenes rather than answer
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questions he invoked the Fifth Amendment
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repeatedly even for trivial questions
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like giving his birth date but worst
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developments loomed just around the
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corner in July of that same year he was
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arrested on drug trafficking
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allegations a man named Nelson
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Cantellips claimed to have direct
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knowledge of Geneva's involvement in a
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heroin deal despite a lengthy trial in
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1959 and Genevvesa's desperate denials
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the jury found him guilty many observers
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deemed it unusual for a mafia kingpin to
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orchestrate such a deal personally
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raising suspicions that he may have been
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framed or set up possibly by enemies who
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recognized his ambition as a threat
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nonetheless the verdict stood in
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1960 Genevves formally started his
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15-year prison sentence stepping into
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the penal system for what would be the
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final chapter of his life he began
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serving his time at the federal
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penitentiary in Atlanta Georgia and
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later was moved to another facility
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astonishingly mental testing indicated
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an IQ in the mid80s or mid90s quite low
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for a man perceived as cunning enough to
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manipulate entire infamous
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syndicates the truth remains unclear
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meanwhile inside those institutional
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walls he tried to keep running his
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underworld secrets forging alliances
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with other incarcerated mobsters yet
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paranoia tore through the prison
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corridors one of Genevvesy's old
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associates Joseph Falachi feared for his
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life and eventually flipped testifying
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in 1963 before the same Senate committee
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that had once questioned
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Genevese balachi's confessions about the
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structure and broad scope of organized
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crime prompted a drastic shift in how
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federal agencies targeted the mob with
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widespread publicity around Velace's
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revelations the crackdown
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escalated during this period Genevvesy's
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health declined precipitously he was
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exhausted short of breath and afflicted
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with heart troubles bladder cancer and
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emphyma in February of
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1969 he died behind bars in a Missouri
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medical center his funeral was
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surprisingly modest for a man who had
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once declared himself the ultimate
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puppet master attendance hovered just
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above 100 including school children from
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his daughter's class no grand eulogies
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no sumptuous parades it was a quiet end
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for someone who had dreamed of wearing
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the mantle of boss of bosses echoing the
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ambitions of so many notorious kingpins
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retrospectively Genevies's downfall
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symbolized a turning point for
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Kosanostra by the late 1960s law
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enforcement and politicians ramped up
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efforts to dismantle the crime families
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in the 1970s and 1980s wave after wave
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of indictments crashed down on the mob's
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operations in New York Chicago Las Vegas
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and elsewhere the wide-reaching powers
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of new laws targeted corrupt unions and
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racketeering with fresh vigor that
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coupled with massive sentences for
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drugrelated crimes prompted more rank
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and file criminals to cooperate with
25:43
authorities
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among the most dramatic examples was the
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conviction of John Gotti often known as
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the Teflon dawn in the early 1990s which
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signaled how thoroughly the climate had
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shifted the era that had smuggled so
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many unsolved mysteries like
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clanderstein bootlegging and narcotics
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trafficking into everyday life was
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nearly gone veto Genevvesy's career
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illustrates the arc of the American
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mafia itself smuggling and extortion
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soared in an era of prohibition and
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soared again when GIs returned home
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hungry for new vices yet these
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expansions also sewed the seeds of the
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syndicate's eventual collapse genevves
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epitomized the cunning and viciousness
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that gave the mafia its legendary power
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and also ensured that authorities would
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come to fear and prosecute it as a
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national menace more than a figure who
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simply inherited Lucky Luchiano's
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organization he actively shaped it
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always pursuing an even stronger hold
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over the underworld secrets but that
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relentless aggression also bred
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resentments fueling conspiracies from
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within and raising the temperature for
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investigators
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in trying to become an undisputed
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commander he inadvertently galvanized
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the forces determined to crack the whole
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enterprise wide open in the end he
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stands out in the real mafia stories
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pantheon as both the man who secured
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ephemeral dominance in the infamous
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syndicates of mid-century New York and
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the power seeker whose meddling helped
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unravel the very structure that gave
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rise to these clandestine empires did
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his ruthless machinations and dramatic
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attempts to seize supreme authority
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hasten the downfall of a major criminal
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phenomenon in America many experts say
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yes that by drawing attention to the
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underworld scale and savage feuds
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Genevies forced federal agencies to
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strike back more fiercely others argue
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the mafia was always fated to face a day
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of reckoning he just set off the chain
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reaction sooner regardless history will
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forever remember Veto Genevvesi as a
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figure entwined with prohibition the
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violent hierarchy of crime families
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narcotics conspiracies and the labyrinth
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of connections that spanned Italy to New
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York and beyond his story remains a
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defining episode in organized crime law
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an account threaded with betrayal
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ambition brutality and fleeting glory
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and the legacy he left behind stands as
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a cautionary parable of how a man's
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relentless quest for the top spot in the
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dark history of the American mafia can
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ultimately unravel the entire tapestry
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