Editing Vito Genovese (section)

==Broader Mafia-CIA-Vatican Connections==
  
Williams portrays Genovese as part of a syndicate network that included Luciano, [[Michele Sindona]] (a Vatican-linked banker), and [[Licio Gelli]] (P2 lodge grandmaster), all tied to Gladio’s anti-communist operations. The book references Genovese in connection to the Genovese crime family, noting its role in heroin trafficking and financial schemes supporting Gladio. Specific pages (e.g., 38–39, 49, 60, 80–81) discuss Genovese’s activities, likely detailing his post-war drug operations and syndicate leadership after Luciano’s deportation. Williams indicates that Genovese’s criminal enterprises, particularly narcotics, were intertwined with CIA-backed efforts to fund stay-behind units.

The Vatican Bank’s role in laundering funds, as cited by Williams, is supported by later scandals (e.g., [[Banco Ambrosiano]], 1982), and the CIA’s funding of anti-communist groups in 1948 Italy is documented in declassified records (e.g., National Security Archive). Genovese’s cousin Giovanni’s alleged actions fit this pattern.