Vito "Don Vito" Genovese was an Italian-American mobster who rose to power during Prohibition as an enforcer in the American Mafia and would later become leader of the Genovese crime family. Genovese served as mentor to the future boss of the Genovese crime family Vincent "Chin" Gigante. He was known as Boss of all Bosses from 1957 to 1959. Along with longtime associate Charles Luciano, he is deemed responsible for expanding the heroin trade to an international level.
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