Kansas City crime family
Italian-American organized crime group / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Kansas City crime family, also known as the Civella crime family or Kansas City Mafia, is an Italian-American Mafia family based in Kansas City, Missouri.
Founded | 1912 |
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Founder | Joseph DiGiovanni |
Founding location | Kansas City, Missouri, United States |
Years active | 1912–present |
Territory | Primarily the Kansas City metropolitan area, with additional territory in Omaha, Tulsa, Washington D.C. and Las Vegas |
Ethnicity | Italians as "made men" and other ethnicities as associates |
Membership (est.) | 15 made members |
Activities | Racketeering, extortion, murder, gambling, loan sharking, narcotics, bookmaking, and bribery |
Allies | |
Rivals | Various gangs over Kansas City, including their allies. |