John Sciortino

John Sciortino (born 1943), also known as "Johnny Joe" is the current Mafia boss of the Kansas City crime family. He became Anthony Civella's godson in the early 1950s. Sciortino was active in Loan sharking and Gambling. After Civella was arrested, he was arrested in 1975 for bookmaking. He became the new boss of the family after Anthony Civella died in 2006.

References

Italian American Mafia

Families

East Coast	Five Families of New York City: Bonanno Colombo Gambino Genovese Lucchese Buffalo DeCavalcante (New Jersey) Patriarca (New England) Philadelphia Pittsburgh Trafficante (Florida)

Midwestern/Western	Chicago Cleveland Detroit Kansas City Los Angeles Milwaukee St. Louis

Defunct	Bufalino (Pennsylvania) Lanzetta (Philadelphia) Dallas Denver Genna (Chicago) New Orleans Rochester San Francisco San Jose

Structure

Chain of command	The Commission Boss (Don) Underboss Consigliere (advisor) Caporegime (captain or capo) Soldier Associate

Members (made men)	List of Italian-American mobsters List of Italian-American mobsters by organization

Terms	Initiation ceremony Made man Bagman Vendetta Capo di tutti capi (boss of bosses) Mustache Pete Omertà Zips

Events

Meetings	Atlantic City Conference (1929) Havana Conference (1946) Apalachin Meeting (1957) Palermo Mafia summit (1957)

Hearings	Kefauver Committee (1950–1951) Valachi hearings (1963)

Wars	Mafia–Camorra War (1914–1917) Castellammarese War (1929–1931)

Trials	Pizza Connection Trial (1985–1987) Mafia Commission Trial (1985–1986)

See also: Sicilian Mafia
Camorra in New York
List of Mafia crime families
Mafia bibliography

Kansas City crime family

Boss(s)

Current members

Peter Simone

Past members

Made men	William Cammisano Anthony J. Cardarella Frank Deluca Joseph Deluca Carl DeLuna Charles Gargotta Nicola Impastato Gaetano Lococo

Associates	Tom Pendergast

Murder victims

Murder victims

Relation to other groups

See also: American Mafia Template

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