When the Genovese family controlled the Fulton fish market and the garbage rackets with guys like Rosario Gangi, Carmine Romano, Allie shades, Angelo Ponte and others; were they the richest crime family in the country and possibly the world(I say world because this might have been the heyday of the American Mafia)? Of course they had other rackets like gambling, the gasoline scam and others that made a lot of money too but the families of some of the people I named are worth hundreds of millions presently because of their work with the Genovese family in those days. Specifically Ponte and Romano. Their families have very successful and legitimate businesses. The American Dream.