Kansas City crime family

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

The Kansas City crime family, also known as the Civella crime family or the Kansas City Mafia or the Clique, is an Italian American Mafia crime family based in Kansas City, Missouri, and throughout the Greater Kansas City area. The organization formed during the early 1910s. It is named after Nicholas Civella, the family’s longest serving boss from 1953 until his death in 1983.