Editing Vito Genovese (section)

===Return to the U.S. and Post-War Implications===  
In August 1944, Genovese was arrested by CID for black-market activities and returned to New York in June 1945 to face the 1934 Boccia murder charge. The case collapsed when key witness Peter LaTempa died in custody (poisoned) in January 1945, allowing Genovese’s release. Some sources, like Five Families by Selwyn Raab (2005), suggest U.S. authorities facilitated Genovese’s return to protect his intelligence contributions or due to mob influence within AMGOT. His rapid release raises questions.

The Dickey Report and FBI files confirm Genovese’s arrest and extradition and attributes his release to witness tampering.

In Paul Williams' book he reveals the following regarding Vito Genovese:

The book positions Genovese as a central figure in the international heroin trade, which Williams claims was a funding mechanism for Gladio’s clandestine operations. This aligns with Genovese’s documented role in the 1940s–1950s, when he expanded the Luciano family’s narcotics trafficking, particularly after Luciano’s 1946 deportation to Italy. Williams suggests that Genovese’s heroin network, established post-WWII, was facilitated by CIA and Vatican connections, with profits supporting anti-communist paramilitary efforts. The book cites the influx of heroin to Harlem in November 1947 as a milestone, linking it to Gladio’s financial operations.

Evidence Cited: Williams references the sale of “large stocks of SS morphine smuggled out of Germany and Italy” and “bogus British bank notes” produced in concentration camps as initial funding for Gladio, implying Genovese’s involvement in distributing these drugs.