Yes. See Howard Abadinsky's book, "The Criminal Elite" (1983), at p. 96.
Biography - 1987 Genovese Portrait of a Crime Family was released on: USA: 17 December 2001
Mobsters - 2007 Genovese Portrait of a Crime Family 1-4 was released on: USA: 24 April 2007
The New York crime family associated with Vito Genovese, often referred to as the Genovese crime family, was heavily influenced by the notorious mobster Frank Costello and later by Vincent "The Chin" Gigante. Gigante became the boss in the 1960s and was known for his erratic behavior, including feigning mental illness to avoid prosecution. Under his leadership, the family was involved in various criminal activities such as racketeering, extortion, and drug trafficking. The Genovese family is considered one of the "Five Families" of organized crime in New York City.
A lot. I'm one of them. But none of us are doing any crime. We promise.
Salvatore 'Lucky' Luciano was a memeber of the Cosa Nostra organized crime syndicate. He operated in New York, and was the boss of whats now called the Genovese crime family (renamed after Vito Genovese) one of the '5 Families' of Italian mob families that control the rackets in NYC.
Frank Lucas had ties with the Italian mafia family known as the Genovese crime family. He was able to work with them to establish a heroin smuggling operation from Southeast Asia to the United States during the 1960s and 1970s.
DiMeo Crime Family.
Tattaglia crime family was created in 1969.
Lucchese crime family was created in 1931.
Soprano crime family was created in 195#.
Bummy Johnson, a well-known mobster and associate of the Genovese crime family, was incarcerated at Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary from 1952 to 1954. He was sentenced to prison for various criminal activities, including racketeering and narcotics-related offenses. His time at Alcatraz was part of a larger criminal career that included various ties to organized crime in New York City.
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