Frank Costello
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Frank Costello was an Italian-American crime boss of the Luciano crime family.
Frank Costello testifying before the Kefauver Committee.
Charles "Lucky" Luciano's mugshot
Vito Genovese's mugshot
Costello, 1964
Vito Genovese
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Vito Genovese was an Italian-born American mafioso and the boss of the Genovese crime family of New York City. A childhood friend and criminal associate of Lucky Luciano, Genovese took part in the Cas
Frank Costello
…In the 1950s, he spent several years in prison for tax evasion. Costello retired in 1957 after he had survived an assassination attempt ordered by Vito Genovese. Costello was born Francesco Castiglia on January 26, 1891, in Lauropoli, a frazione of the town of Cassano allo Ionio in the province of Cosenza in…
Genovese, c. 1959
Genovese with Italian bandit Salvatore Giuliano, in 1940
Genovese at the time of his arrest August 2, 1958, in New York City