Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "Vito \"Don Vito\" Genovese (November 27, 1897 – February 14, 1969) 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.Genovese's actions during his time as boss are widely believed to be major causes of the rapid decline of the American Mafia's power. Amongst these were: his involvement in several highly-publicized murder trials, his incompetence towards the disastrous Apalachin Conference in 1957, and numerous other mishaps that further exposed the inner workings of Cosa Nostra to public eye. 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."@en }
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- Vito_Genovese abstract "Vito \"Don Vito\" Genovese (November 27, 1897 – February 14, 1969) 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.Genovese's actions during his time as boss are widely believed to be major causes of the rapid decline of the American Mafia's power. Amongst these were: his involvement in several highly-publicized murder trials, his incompetence towards the disastrous Apalachin Conference in 1957, and numerous other mishaps that further exposed the inner workings of Cosa Nostra to public eye. 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.".