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|hobby = }}'''Vito Genovese''' aka '''Don Vitone''' (1897-1969) was a [[Mafia]] boss in the prohibition era. He was known as the "Boss of all Bosses" in the American [[organized crime]] world from 1957 to 1959 when he ruled one of the wealthiest, most dangerous, and most powerful criminal organizations in the world and maintained power and influence over other crime families in America. | |hobby = }}'''Vito Genovese''' aka '''Don Vitone''' (1897-1969) was a [[Mafia]] boss in the prohibition era. He was known as the "Boss of all Bosses" in the American [[organized crime]] world from 1957 to 1959 when he ruled one of the wealthiest, most dangerous, and most powerful criminal organizations in the world and maintained power and influence over other crime families in America. | ||
Along with childhood friend and former boss [[Charles Luciano]], he is deemed responsible for expanding the heroin trade to an international level. For a brief period during [[World War II]], he supported [[Benito Mussolini]]'s regime in Italy for fear of being deported back to the United States to face [[murder]] charges. | Along with childhood friend and former boss [[Charles Luciano]], he is deemed responsible for expanding the [[heroin]] trade to an international level. For a brief period during [[World War II]], he supported [[Benito Mussolini]]'s regime in Italy for fear of being deported back to the United States to face [[murder]] charges. | ||
==Before The Castellammarese War== | ==Before The Castellammarese War== | ||