Vito Genovese: Difference between revisions

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|goals = Become the Capo di tutti capi of the American Mafia (successful)

|crimes = [[Illegal Drug Trade|Drug trafficking]] [[Murder]] Extortion Forgery Counterfeiting Racketeering [[Money laundering]]

|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 = }}{{Quote|In the Mafia, only the most vile or the most cunning rise to the top. But nothing is more dangerous than a mobster who is both. Vito Genovese's singular ambition to become ''Capo di tutti capi'' - the boss of all bosses - puts him at the head of a crime family that will bear his name, and at the center of events that will shape the American Mob.|Intro to a documentary about Genovese.}}'''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.

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 |goals = Become the Capo di tutti capi of the American Mafia (successful)
 |crimes = [[Illegal Drug Trade|Drug trafficking]]<br>[[Murder]]<br>Extortion<br>Forgery<br>Counterfeiting<br>Racketeering<br>[[Money laundering]]
-|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 = }}{{Quote|In the Mafia, only the most vile or the most cunning rise to the top. But nothing is more dangerous than a mobster who is both. Vito Genovese's singular ambition to become ''Capo di tutti capi'' - the boss of all bosses - puts him at the head of a crime family that will bear his name, and at the center of events that will shape the American Mob.|Intro to a documentary about Genovese.}}'''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.