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Along with Luciano, Genovese helped the expansion of the heroin trade to an international level. In 1937, he fled to Italy, and 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. He returned to the United States in 1945. Genovese served as mentor to [[Vincent Gigante|Vincent "Chin" Gigante]], the future boss of the Genovese crime 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>
In 1957, Genovese vied for the [[capo di tutti capi|boss of bosses]] title by ordering the murder of [[Albert Anastasia]] and the botched murder attempt of [[Frank Costello]]. Immediately following this, he called a [[Apalachin meeting|mafia summit]] to consolidate his power, but the meeting was raided by the police. In 1959, his reign was cut short as he was convicted on narcotics conspiracy charges and sentenced to 15 years in prison. While he and his underling [[Joe Valachi]] were in prison together, Valachi killed an inmate he thought to be a hitman sent by Genovese. Valachi then became a government witness
==Early life==
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