Charlie the Blade Tourine was a Genovese Family soldier who was one of the most independent mafioso to ever operate in this country and abroad.
His activities ranged from international narcotics trafficking to gambling rackets to even being utilized as a Genovese Family executioner traveling wherever he was needed to take care of business.
Tourine was an extremely active guy who seemed to have his fingers in many pies through the decades including in Havana, Cuba; Miami; London; Las Vegas; New Jersey; Washington, D.C.; New York City; Antigua-British West Indies, and elsewhere.
And he seamlessly mixed with major businessmen, politicians, casino owners, power brokers, and many of the most powerful hoodlums in this country from all the Families including Richie the Boot Boiardo, Santo Trafficante Jr., Joe Adonis, Angelo Bruno, and many others.