VITO GENOVESE - MAFIA BOSS AFTER WHOM THE STRONGEST FAMILY OF COSA NOSTRA IS NAMED

Vito Genovese, whose surname denotes one of the most powerful Mafia families in New York, was one of the most unprincipled representatives of the Cosa Nostra in its history.

At first, Vito was on Luciano's side when he betrayed Masseria. Then he escaped to Italy from the U.S. authorities and managed to gain the trust of Mussolini, who persecuted the Mafia, and when El Duce himself was exiled from the Apennines, Genovese defected to the Americans. When he returned to the states after World War II, he cleared his way and became a boss of the family. And he didn't mind the murders of anyone who got in his way.

Genovese is the epitome of what Cosa Nostra really was. The embodiment of its real principles, which are far from the concept of honor. They represent only an unquenchable thirst for power and a never-ending desire to make as much money as possible, which no moral principles can stop.
Please welcome, Vito Genovese, on the other side of the law.

Primary sources:
"The Deadly Don" - Anthony M. DeStefano