What is this about Luciano being slapped now? By whom? And what are your sources for this? Bottom line is, Luciano was always respected, he still had his allies in the states like Lucchese and Gambino. When he wanted Genovese out of the way, he accomplished that. Like I said in the other thread, he was visited by too many people including Outfit heavyweights, during his time in Italy, to have not been respected. He dealt with and had friendships with Italies top Sicilian mafioso until the day he died, and his heroin pipeline never really dried up as he was still being investigated for it and was set to be charged, up until his fateful heart attack.