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WALL OF FAME

GENOVESE

Giuseppe Masseria 1887-1931

Salvatore Lucania1897-1962

Frank Costello 1891-1973

Vito Genovese 1897-1969

Thomas Eboli 1911-1972

Gerardo Catena 1902-2000

Philip Lombardo 1908-1987

Frank Tieri 1904-1981

Anthony Salerno 1911-1992

Vincent Gigante 1928-2005

Liborio Bellomo 1975 alive

Dominick Cirillo 1929 alive

Matthew Ianniello 1920 alive

Daniel Leo 1941 alive

Venero Mangano 1921 alive

Ignazio Saietta 1877-1947

Tino Fiumara 1941 alive

The Genovese crime family is one of the Five Families that controls organized crime activities in New York City, USA, within the nationwide criminal phenomenon known as the Mafia (or Cosa Nostra). The Genovese crime family has been nicknamed the Ivy League and Rolls Royce of organized crime. They are rivaled in size by only the Gambino crime family and in terms of power only the Gambino crime family and the Chicago Outfit match them. They have generally maintained a varying degree of influence over many of the smaller mob families outside of New York, including ties with the Patriarca, the Buffalo and the Philadelphia crime families. The Genovese family manipulated members of the Philadelphia crime family into murdering one time Boss Angelo Bruno so that they could gain control of their territory in Atlantic City. Although the leadership of the family seems to have been in limbo the last few years, specifically since the death of Boss Vincent Chin Gigante, the family stills appears to be more organized than most of the other crime families and has remained powerful..