The Genovese Crime Family - Overview

Estimate members: Between 200 and 225 (according to Jerry Capeci)
First Boss: Charles "Lucky" Luciano
Primary activities: The most powerful and wealthy crime Family in the New York area, and perhaps the entire country. The Genovese Family maintains major muscle in narcotics, loan-sharking, extortion rackets, pornography, labor union racketeering, waste hauling industry, restaurants, seafood distribution and vending machines. They are the most secretive, and well led, LCN Family in the New York region.
Boss: Liborio "Barney" Bellomo
Underboss: ?

BOSSES:

Liborio "Barney" Bellomo (in freedom)
Daniel "The Lion" Leo (in prison)
Matthew "Matty the Horse" Ianniello (dead, natural causes)
Vincent "Chin" Gigante (dead, natural causes)
Vito Genovese (dead, natural causes)
Frank Costello (dead, natural causes)
Charles "Lucky" Luciano (dead, natural causes)

ACTING BOSSES:

Dominick "Quiet Dom" Cirillo (in prison)

UNDERBOSSES:

Venero "Benny Eggs" Mangano (dead)
Quarico "Willie Moore" Moretti (whacked)

CAPTAINS:

Pasquale Parrello (in prison)
Joseph Denti Jr. (under indictment)
Daniel Pagano (in prison)
Anthony "Big Nose" Antico (in prison)
Tino Fiumara (dead, natural causes)
Salvatore "Sally Dogs" Lombardi (dead, natural causes)
David "Little Davy" Petillo (dead, natural causes)
Anthony Carfano (whacked)

SOLDIERS:

Salvatore "Sallie" DeMeo (prison)
Joseph Valachi (flipped, dead)
George Barone (flipped, dead)

ASSOCIATES:

John Barile (prison)
Carmine "Papa Smurf" Franco (prison)
Peter "Petey Cap" Caporino (flipped)
Andrew Gigante (messenger)

ARTICLES:

The Irishman: Jimmy Hoffa’s friend and the man who put two bullets in the back of his skull
Is sentencing of Mafia boss the end of Genovese crime family’s Spri...
The Springfield Mafia Crew of Massachusetts: A Family Business
Members of Springfield crew plead guilty to extortion charges
Read the first chapter of the new book Dock Boss: Gang Rule
Genovese family capo doesn't want to stand trial with Philly mob boss
Genovese mob family turncoat returns to Springfield despite possible threats on life
Keeping the New York docks in the (Mafia) family: The Gigantes to the daughter of Donnie Brasco's “Lefty”
Genovese family mobsters charged with running off-shore gambling, loansharking, and cigarette smuggling
Genovese mobster busted for using cocaine and weed while out on bail
Genovese mobster Pat Parrello busted with Philly mob boss and 45 ga...
East Hartford Genovese mobster John Barile gets 71 months for arson...
How Meyer Lansky laundered the American Mafia’s dirty cash – and made them bigger than US Steel
Feds bust mob-connected multi-million-dollar gambling ring
Genovese family mobsters charged with murder, extortion, gambling
Genovese crew charged with multi-million dollar scheme
The scoop on the man who brought down Genovese
The Humble Origins of Joe Masseria and Lucky Luciano
Real life owner of Bada Bing strip club turns rat
Genovese Mob Boss Fat Tony’s Crazy Christmas Card
Genovese and Gambino Mobsters in Garbage Bust
Genovese mobsters extorting Feast of San Gennaro
Genovese Capo Sentenced to 10 Years For Murder Conspiracy
Another Mob Social Club Bites The Dust
The Bruno Hit: How The Genovese Springfield Crew Killed Itself
Genovese Family Soldier Arrested in Italy
Unrest Within The New York Mob
Elderly mobsters ran South Florida

GENOVESE FAMILY CHART by Bureau of Narcotics