Kansas City crime family

Kansas City crime family
Foundedc. 1912; 112 years ago (1912)
FounderJoseph DiGiovanni
Founding locationKansas City, Missouri, United States
Years activec. 1912–present
TerritoryPrimarily the Kansas City metropolitan area, with additional territory throughout Missouri, as well as Omaha, Tulsa and Las Vegas
EthnicityItalians as "made men" and other ethnicities as associates
Membership (est.)12 made members (2015)[1]
ActivitiesRacketeering, extortion, murder, gambling, loan sharking, narcotics, bookmaking, and bribery
Allies
RivalsVarious gangs in the Kansas City area

The Kansas City crime family, also known as the Civella crime family, the Kansas City Mafia or the Clique, is an Italian-American Mafia crime family based in Kansas City, Missouri.

  1. ^ Scott Burnstein (November 3, 2015). "State Of The Syndicate: The Kansas City Mafia Today". The Gangster Report. Archived August 20, 2021, at the Wayback Machine