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The Kansas City FBI, suspecting mob involvement at the Tropicana Casino in Las Vegas, set up a broad investigation, known as Operation Strawman, which involved wiretapping phones of reputed mobsters and their associates in Kansas City. From the evidence collected by taps and other eavesdropping in the late 1970s, the FBI discovered a conspiracy ...
Civella was born to Italian immigrants in Kansas City. He was the younger brother of mobster Carl "Cork" Civella and the uncle of mobster Anthony Civella. Nicholas Civella began his criminal career as a teenager in the Italian "North End" neighborhood of Kansas City. Civella's first arrest was at age 10, after which he dropped out of school.
Carl "Cork" Civella (January 28, 1910 – October 2, 1994) was the leader of the Kansas City crime family following the death of his brother, long-time crime boss Nicholas Civella, after heading day-to-day operations during the mid-1970s. Carl's reign as Kansas city boss was brief.
His late father, widely known as “Willie The Rat,” was identified by the FBI in 1988 as being Kansas City’s top mob boss. Reputed ex-Kansas City mobster dies at 73 after long illness that ...
Nick Civella, left, circa 1960, and brother Carl Civella, in 1984.
Bosses, Underbosses, Consiglieres, Capos, Soldiers & Associates of the Mafia family in Kansas City, Missouri known as the Kansas City crime family. Subcategories This category has only the following subcategory.
Anthony Thomas "Tony Ripe" Civella (February 17, 1930 – February 16, 2006) was an American mobster who was head of the Kansas City crime family. Anthony was born in Kansas City, Missouri. His criminal record started in 1952. As a young man, he started working in the Kansas City criminal organization, which was run by his uncle, Nicholas Civella.
Carl Angelo "Tuffy" DeLuna (April 30, 1927 – July 21, 2008) was an organized crime figure who was once the powerful underboss of the Kansas City crime family (the family). He was also brother-in-law to Kansas City crime boss Anthony Civella.