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Veto quickly climbed the ranks, fostering relationships with powerful Mafia leaders like Joe Masseria. A paradigm shift occurred in the 1920s during Prohibition, when Veto saw the potential for vast wealth and influence. His involvement in debt collection soon escalated to more sinister tasks—disappearances, enforcement, and, eventually, murder. By age 19, he had already faced conviction for illegal gun possession, a small price for the burgeoning power he was accumulating.