=== Valachi-høringen ===
I 1959 blev et medlem af Genovese-familien, [[Joe Valachi]], idømt 15 års fængsel for narkohandel.<ref name=murder/> Under sit fængselsophold blev Valachi bange for, at Genovese (der også sad i fængsel på denne tid) havde beordret ham myrdet.<ref>Jerry Capeci. (2002) "The Complete Idiot's Guide to the Mafia", Alpha Books. p. 200. {{ISBN|0-02-864225-2}}</ref> Den 22. juni 1962 slog Valachi en anden indsat ihjel, som Valachi troede ville myrde ham.<ref name=murder/><ref>{{Cite book|author=Rudolf, Robert|year=1993|title=Mafia Wiseguys: The Mob That Took on the Feds|location=New York|publisher=SPI Books|page=[https://books.google.com/books?id=WUlujIu-T2oC&pg=PA41 41]|isbn=978-1-56171-195-6}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|author=Dietche, Scott M.|year=2009|title=The Everything Mafia Book: True-life accounts of legendary figures, infamous crime families, and nefarious deeds |location=Avon, Massachusetts|publisher=Adams Media|pages=[https://books.google.com/books?id=iNwIGHFhCQ8C&pg=PT201 188–189]|isbn=978-1-59869-779-7}}</ref><ref name=Kelly>{{cite news |last=Kelly |first=G. Milton|title=Valachi To Tell Of Gang War For Power|newspaper=Warsaw Times-Union |date=1. oktober 1963 |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=U0tfAAAAIBAJ&pg=5954,3500619&dq=the+commission+vito+genovese&hl=en|access-date=28. maj 2012}}</ref> Under de efterfølgende afhøringer besluttede Valachi som et af de første mafiamedlmmer fra Genovese-familien af samarbejde med myndighederne, formentlig i håb om at undgå [[dødsstraf]] for drabet.<ref name=murder>{{cite web|url=https://www.fbi.gov/investigate/organized-crime/history-of-la-cosa-nostra|title=History of La Cosa Nostra|publisher=fbi.gov}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://buffalonews.com/2011/10/09/the-rat-who-started-it-all-for-40-years-joe-valachi-has-been-in-a-lewiston-cemetery-a-quiet-end-for-the-mobster-who-blew-the-lid-off-cosa-nostra-when-he-testified-before-congress-in-1963/|title=The rat who started it all; For 40 years, Joe Valachi has been in a Lewiston cemetery, a quiet end for the mobster who blew the lid off ''Cosa Nostra'' when he testified before Congress in 1963|publisher=buffalonews.com|date=9. oktober 2011}}</ref>
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