ヴィト・ジェノヴェーゼ
As it was being alleged that Moretti's mental condition was possibly deteriorating from advanced-stage syphilis, it was feared that he was becoming too talkative. An open contract was placed by the mob commission to have him killed. Twelve years later, government witness Joe Valachi described a conversation with Genovese crime family boss Vito Genovese about the Moretti murder: