Genovese crime family

The Genovese Family is one of the "Five Families" that controlled certain Mafia activities in New York City. The faction got its name from Vito Genovese, who ran it in the 1950s, although it had existed before that time.

The Genovese Era

Recent Years

During the 1970s, the Genovese Family was aligned with the Gambino Family, but the two Families moved apart in the 1980s, primarily because the then-boss of the Genovese, Vincent Gigante, despised the flamboyant and swaggering Gambino boss, John Gotti.

Related Topics:
1970s - Gambino Family - 1980s - Vincent Gigante - John Gotti

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Its current boss, Vincent "The Chin" Gigante is currently locked up in prison, but a panel of several caporegimes is taking care of day-to-day business.

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In mafia parlance the hierarchy of the Genovese crime family is refered to as the "west side".

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