Editing Vito Genovese (section)

===Collaboration with Charles Poletti and the OSS===
Charles Poletti, a former New York lieutenant governor and AMGOT regional commissioner in Naples, oversaw post-occupation governance. Some accounts claim Genovese worked under Poletti, leveraging his Mafia ties to provide information on Italian officials and criminal networks. Authors like Tim Newark (Mafia Allies, 2007) suggest Genovese’s cooperation with Poletti and OSS operatives included sharing intelligence on Fascist loyalists and Sicilian Mafia figures, aiding U.S. efforts to secure southern Italy. His alleged friendship with Carmine Galante, another mobster in Italy, and meetings with Max Corvo, an OSS officer, are cited as evidence of OSS coordination.

Poletti’s documented reliance on local figures, including mobsters, to restore order lends plausibility. His lavish lifestyle and black-market dealings, detailed in CID reports, indicate he was profiting off of his arrangements.