U.S. occupation authorities embedded mafia figures into Allied governance in Naples.

Evidence

After the Allies occupied Naples, connections with organized crime expanded. When Colonel Charles Poletti, head of the Allied Military Government and former lieutenant governor of New York, arrived in Naples, he selected Vito Genovese as his interpreter and counselor. Poletti was undoubtedly familiar with the mafia boss who had managed Lucky Luciano’s New York drug and gambling operations before fleeing to Italy to escape a murder charge. Soon, Genovese was at the center of the expanding underground. — David Vine, Base Nation_ How U.S. Military Bases…, 333

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to the broader book thesis about how bases and military governance export and empower corruption abroad.
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — David Vine, Base Nation_ How U.S. Military Bases…, 333