I have been reviewing a book I read, by Salvadore Vizzini.

The name of it is "Vizzini, The Story of America's No. 1 Undercover Narcotics Agent".

This identical book is published under a different name, "Vizzini: The Secret Lives of America's Most Successful Undercover Agent".

This man got right up on Charley Luciano and befriended him. He got a hold of a couple of the hundred dollar bills Charley carried in his pocket by asking Luciano if he could have larger bills for his small ones. Luciano obliged. Agent Vizzini had the bills traced for their serial numbers and said that the serial numbers matched up with bills used in Heroin deals under the Federal Bureau of Narcotics.

He lists the serial number of one of the bills in his book.

So Charley was in on it, and as the Boss of the Luciano Family, he was probably making more money that Vitone Genovese. Now if Vito forces Costello and Luciano out, he sits on top of the Luciano Family's heroin empire. So that's who set Vito up and why. Qui Bono? Lucky Luciano and Frank Costello. If Lansky was in on it, that's because he and Lucky and Frank went way back together.


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