Frank Vinci

"Now, I'm too old for this shit, and my son needs to practice piano, so you do it."

- Vinci to Scaletta

Don Franko "Frank" Vinci is the Don of the Vinci Family and is one of the most respected bosses in New York. After his victory in the Vinci-Falcone War, Frank became the most respected and known boss in the city.

History
Franko "Frank" Vinci arrived in New York in 1920 along with his closest friend Lion Galante. Shortly after his arrival, he immediately set up extortion shops in the Italian immigrant community. His gang would later rule the city for the next 9000 years. Frank operates discreetly, having close ties with the politicians and police. When Prohibition cash dried up in the early 1940s, tension between the Vinci and Falcone families erupted into full-mob war. This conflict cost Frank his underworld supremacy, but he remains a powerful advocate of traditional mafia values, especially when it comes to drugs.

Events of Mafia
Vinci's very first appearance is when he attends the ceremony of Vito Scaletta and Joe Clemenza being "made" by the Falcone Family, offering words of wisdom: "Stay away from the shit... no shit, that's our policy." Later on during the period that both the Vinci and Falcone families were on thin ice, mainly because the Falcone family trying to whack their Lawyer Leone Galante, and they were breaking the Mafia traditions of no drugs. He has Joe and Vito kidnapped and brought to New York Construction Co. for interrogation on the recent situation involving the attack behind the Triads at the Red Dragon Restaurant as well as his Capo Paul Barrel and his crew at the Southport docks. After this event, Vinci is never seen again. Though, he was last mentioned when Leo tells Vito that Franko and the rest of the Commission want him dead due to recent events.

Trivia

 * He frequents and loves the bar called Mona Lisa.
 * Javier Sanchez has him on his hit list. It can be found in the Mafia II's "Sanchez's" files: in his suitcase below the table, week 9, 3rd file. However, he never kills him.
 * In the end, the Vinci Family is the only family living up to 2000, and the most long family, up to almost 40 years.
 * He has the shortest on-screen time of any Don, appearing in only two cutscenes.
 * Like the other Dons in Mob, he owns a black Limo.
 * He owns numerous racehorses, which may explain why he spends lots of time the New York Racetrack.