Chapter 23 The Crisis of the Genovese Family

In a quiet residential area in Milan, Judge Pizarro left his home to go to work as usual. He was standing outside the door as his wife and two daughters ran to say goodbye to him. Pizarro kissed his twin daughters on the forehead, then put his arms around his wife's slender waist, and whispered in his ear: "Tonight is our wedding anniversary, we will celebrate it when I come back Take a moment." After speaking, Pizarro stamped his wife's lips with his lips, then took the briefcase and coat from his wife, and walked happily to the car parked by the side of the road.

Pizarro opened the door and sat in the driver's seat. He picked up the key and inserted it into the keyhole on the side of the steering wheel, and twisted it down hard.

"Boom~~!" Pizarro's wife's eyes changed from reluctance to panic and despair. The two daughters were so frightened that they cried loudly. From their pupils, they could see that the car was on fire. They were all engulfed by flames, and Pizarro, who was sitting in the car, could only see a hazy figure covered in flames.

"Ah~~, God~~~!" Pizarro's wife cried and complained, screamed, and fell to her knees and cried bitterly...

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In a prison on the outskirts of Milan, Donny Costello Genovese is sitting at a dining table, flipping through the newspapers of the day. The headline of a piece of news on the front page is impressively "The presiding judge in the mafia family Genovese case died in a car explosion, and the trial may continue to be postponed." Below the headline is a photo of a car that was burned into scrap iron , and a half-length photo of the deceased. In the photo, Pizarro is smiling and staring ahead. Donnie looked at Pizarro's photo with contempt, picked up the boredom in his mouth and burned it towards Pizarro, and soon a newspaper was burned. big hole.

"Don (the mafia member's respectful name for the boss), your breakfast." A man in a prison uniform respectfully placed the plate in front of Donnie, and then set the tableware for him. Donnie was the only one on the whole table People, the other prisoners huddled together with others very interestingly, and the prison guards patrolling the restaurant were not surprised by this.

Donnie picked up the cutlery, heaved a long sigh, and began to enjoy his breakfast. Breakfast consisted of two fried eggs, a slice of ham, some slices of bread, a pat of salted butter, and a glass of milk. This was almost the best meal of the whole breakfast. Although he was temporarily relieved by the news this morning, when he thought of his case, Donnie lost his appetite.

"You can't delay time by killing the judge every time!" Donnie thought to himself, picked up a piece of ham with a dining fork and put it in his mouth. Ni spit it out on the newspaper, picked up the napkin and wiped his mouth, and walked out of the restaurant depressed.

Since Frank Costello-Genovese, the previous godfather of the Genovese family, died tragically in Gorky, the Soviet Union, this veteran mafia family has suffered a series of blows. While several important members of the Genovese family were still fighting for the position of boss (the boss of the mafia family), an important partner of the Genovese family (a very important member of the family) A full-fledged member, there is no requirement of blood relationship, even a foreigner) has defected to the police, or he was originally a member of the police.

As the second boss in the organization, Downey sat on the throne of the family boss without knowing it. However, the position of boss can be inherited, but the position of godfather is not so easy to obtain. Frank Costello Genovese was the chairman of the Mafia National Committee during his lifetime. Not any family leader in the Mafia is qualified to be called the godfather. Only the chairman of the national committee can be called the godfather . The Mafia National Council has a total of 11 members,

This organization is responsible for coordinating all Mafia families in Italy. So the blow to Frank Costello Genovese's Death Squad clan was huge, but more hits followed after Downey took over as clan boss.

Under the guidance of the traitor, the police quickly seized all the business of the Genovese family. Members of the family were arrested one after another, and the family's wealth was frozen by the police. And at this time, the National Committee accused the Genovese family of defecting to the police, betraying the mafia, and violating the law of silence. The Genovese family was sent to prison by the Mafia and the police, and Downey was quickly arrested. Downey knew in his heart that if he was sent to court for trial, he would never want to go out in his life. The only way to solve the problem was to kill the traitor and prevent him from testifying in court.

But almost all the members of the Genovese family were arrested, and the members who escaped the police could not kill the traitor under the strict protection of the police by their own strength. Therefore, it is necessary to rely on the power of outsiders. Unfortunately, under the influence of the National Committee, other mafia families will not intervene unless you can give them an undeniable condition. In the final analysis, everything is a word of money.

When Downey took over the position of boss, he also accepted the internal ledgers of the family controlled by Frank Costello Genovese. The Novice family still has some unknown overseas assets. These are the backhands left by Frank, the old fox, and now is the time to use them.

Downey was lying on the small bed in his cell and smoking a cigarette depressedly. The family members outside successfully killed the presiding judge of the Genovese family case, which bought Downey valuable time. Downey has to get rid of the traitor before the justice system finds another judge, so the judge can't convict the Genovese family at all without witnesses.

"Mr. Downey, your lawyer is here!" A policeman's voice interrupted Downey's thoughts. Facing a mafia boss, no policeman would dare to disrespect him, even if he had already become a prisoner.

The police opened the cell door for Downey, and Downey left the cell in a swaggering manner. All the prisoners along the way nodded slightly to show respect to him. Downey was quickly brought into the interrogation room. Downey looked up and saw that it was none other than Azelio, the family's legal advisor and staff officer.

"I want to talk to my client alone, please leave!" Azelio said to drive away the police in the visiting room, he knew that as a lawyer he had this right. Soon there were only Azelio and Downey left in the room.

In order to prevent eavesdropping, Azelio took out a pen and paper and began to communicate with Downey. (To be continued.)