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'''Vito Genovese''' ({{IPA-it|ˈviːto dʒenoˈveːze, -eːse|lang}}; November 21, 1897 – February 14, 1969) was an Italian-born American [[mobster]] involved with the [[American Mafia]]. A long-time associate and childhood friend of [[Lucky Luciano]], Genovese took part in the [[Castellammarese War]] and helped shape the rise of the Mafia as a major force in [[organized crime]] in the United States. He would later lead Luciano's crime family, which was later renamed the [[Genovese crime family]] in his honor.
Along with Luciano, Genovese helped the expansion of the [[heroin]] trade to an international level. He fled to Italy in 1937, and for a brief period during [[World War II]] he supported [[Benito Mussolini]]'s [[Fascist Italy (1922-1943)|Fascist regime]] for fear of being deported back to the U.S. to face murder charges. After returning to the U.S. in 1945, Genovese served as mentor to [[Vincent Gigante|Vincent "the Chin" Gigante]], the future boss of the Genovese family.<ref>DeVico, Peter J. "The Mafia Made Easy: The Anatomy and Culture of La Cosa Nostra". [https://books.google.com/books?id=vyIXw1oq56YC&dq=michael+genovese+cousin+vito&pg=PA186 (p. 186)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160430080629/https://books.google.com/books?id=vyIXw1oq56YC&pg=PA186&dq=michael+genovese+cousin+vito&hl=en&ei=B4_1TPKLIsG88gaXr9mgBw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CCkQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=michael%20genovese%20cousin%20vito&f=false |date=April 30, 2016 }}.</ref>
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