Vito Genovese
Italian-born American mafioso who led the Genovese crime family.
Vito Genovese was a New York organized crime figure who became boss of the family that now bears his name.[1][2] He was born on November 21, 1897, in Risigliano, Italy, and immigrated to the United States in 1913.[3][4]
Quick Facts
- Born
- 21 November 1897
- Birthplace
- Tufino, Campania, Italy
- Died
- 14 February 1969
- Place of death
- Springfield, Missouri, U.S.
- Spouse
- Donata Ragone (her death); Anna Genovese (1932)
- Occupation
- Crime boss
- Predecessor
- Frank Costello
- Successor
- Philip Lombardo
Facts from the source article.
Key facts and history
Genovese started his criminal career stealing from pushcart vendors and later collected money from illegal lotteries.[5] During World War II, Genovese supported Mussolini's fascist regime and was awarded the Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus.[6][1] After the Allied invasion of Italy, he worked as an interpreter for the U.S. Army while running a large black market operation.[7][8] In November 1957, he organized a national Cosa Nostra meeting in Apalachin, New York, which was raided by police.[9][10][11]
A Brooklyn workshop was the site where police discovered $1 million in counterfeit U.S. currency, leading to Genovese's indictment in 1930.[12]
What the cited sources add
Tim Newark's account states that U.S. Major E.N. Holmgreen wrote Genovese a letter of recommendation in November 1943 praising his services as interpreter.[13][14] Newark's article notes that Genovese made over a million dollars in untraceable cash from selling American goods on the black market.[14] Dickey discovered that Genovese was wanted for questioning over a New York murder.[13]
References
- Wikipedia, "Vito Genovese" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: DeVico, Peter J. "The Mafia Made Easy: The Anatomy and Culture of La Cosa Nostra". (p. 186) . (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Vito Genovese" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Vincent Gigante, Mob Boss Who Feigned Incompetence to Avoid Jail, Dies at 77 , by Selwyn Raab, The New York Times, December 19, 2005 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Vito Genovese" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Dom Frasca, "Vito Genovese: King of Crime", Avon Books, 1963; Gil Reavill, "Mafia Summit: J. Edgar Hoover, the Kennedy Brothers, and the Meeting That Unmasked the Mob", Macmillan, 2013 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Vito Genovese" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Maas, "The Valachi papers", Perennial, 2003, p. 130; "New York, U.S., Naturalization Records, 1882-1944 for Vito Genovese, Petition No. 256403", Ancestry.com; Philip Carlo The Ice Man: Confessions of a Mafia Contract Killer (pp. 68–69) . (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Vito Genovese" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Grutzner, "Ruled 'Family' of 450. Genovese Dies in Prison at 71. 'Boss of Bosses' of Mafia Here", New York Times, February 16, 1959 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Vito Genovese" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Grutzner, "Ruled 'Family' of 450. Genovese Dies in Prison at 71. 'Boss of Bosses' of Mafia Here", New York Times, February 16, 1959; Martone, "Italian Americans: The History and Culture of a People", Abc-Clio, December 12, 2016; "Mafia Summit", Gil Reavil, January 22, 2013; "The Mafia at Apalachin, 1957", Michael Newton, 2012 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Vito Genovese" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: The Mafia Restored: Fighters for Democracy in World War II , The Politics of Heroin in Southeast Asia, Alfred W. McCoy.; Reavill, "Mafia Summit: J. Edgar Hoover, The Kennedy Brothers, and the Meeting That Unmasked the Mob", St. Martin's Press, 2013, p. 51-2 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Vito Genovese" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: The Mafia Restored: Fighters for Democracy in World War II , The Politics of Heroin in Southeast Asia, Alfred W. McCoy.; Fighting the Mafia in World War Two , by Tim Newark, AmericanMafia.com, May 2007 (Retrieved on January 16, 2009); Newark, The Mafia at War, p. 216 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Vito Genovese" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Glynn, "Glynn:Area delegates attended mob convention", Niagara Gazette, November 11, 2007 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Vito Genovese" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Fitchette, "Top U.S. Hoods Are Run Out of Area After 'Sick Call' on Barbara", Binghamton Press, November 15, 1957, p. 1; Fitchette, "Hoods Run Out of Area--", Binghamton Press, November 15, 1957, p. 8 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Vito Genovese" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Apalachin Raid on Mafia Reverberates 50 Years Later" Mafia News; "United States of America, Appellee, v. Russell A. Bufalino, Ignatius Cannone, Paul C. Castellano, Joseph F. Civello, Frank A. DeSimone, Natale Evola, Louis A. Larasso, Carmine Lombardozzi, Joseph Magliocco, Frank T. Maj (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Vito Genovese" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Sifakis p. 277; Sifakis, "The Mafia encyclopedia", Facts on File, 2005, p. 277 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
- Hunting Down Vito Genovese by Tim Newark, June 2007.. facts only, no text reused. crimemagazine.com
- Fighting the Mafia in World War Two , by Tim Newark, AmericanMafia.com, May 2007 (Retrieved on January 16, 2009). facts only, no text reused. americanmafia.com
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