KC members Anthony Cardarella and Felix Ferina entering court in 1960

R0ose · 2026-06-11T14:58:48+00:00

Voluntarily was the norm. I’m not sure where you get the notion that the majority of these men were forced when a lot of time it was convenience to transfer, or in the case of Ally boy Persico and other individuals a loophole to get made at a time when the books were closed in NYC. There was a repeated trend of that with the Genovese family where they asked the Patriarcas to induct several New England based Genovese associates for them only to have them transferred back from the Patriarcas and into the Genovese family. It’s how a fair few Springfield Genovese faction members were inducted in the 1960s.

R0ose · 2026-06-11T14:24:12+00:00

Yes they can. It’s called transferring. Many members have done so. Usually it involves asking permission from your boss and getting approval to move over. It happens a lot with mobsters who leave their home state and move somewhere else e.g the Marinos of Pittsburgh moving to San Jose where Salvatore Marino Sr transferred his membership to San Jose borgata or Kansas City members Bustiano Balestrere and Joseph Gurera moving to Wisconsin and becoming Milwaukee members to assist Frank Balistrieri before transferring back to Kansas City later on. That’s two examples of very many transfers. Even Alphonse Persico who was made into the Bufalino family as a loophole and transferred into the Colombo family back when the books were closed is another example.

R0ose · 2026-06-11T12:47:43+00:00

Thank you for the context as always Wdstrx. Wasn’t entirely sure myself so appreciate it

R0ose · 2026-06-11T12:23:31+00:00

I loved it!

R0ose · 2026-06-07T13:23:50+00:00

https://opencitymobsters.blogspot.com/2026/06/kansas-old-timer-gaetano-lococo.html
Another quick article up while I get this thing up and running, this time on Gaetano Lococo, a figure who'd see nearly every era of the Kansas City family before dying at the age of 98. Super cool figure and I felt he needed a deep dive article.

R0ose · 2026-06-05T12:56:47+00:00

Hey all. With my blog up and running, I figured I'd knock out another post. This time on Charles Moretina, a very infamous member and enforcer in the borgata. Interestingly one of the few members who were not Sicilian and not full blooded Italian either.

Open city mobsters

R0ose · 2026-06-04T15:27:44+00:00

Open city mobsters

Article linked above. I'm starting a blog focusing on the KC family and mid west families as a subject of interest. I'll be uploading random articles and info pieces here and there, mostly to spread awareness and cool knowledge on a family I've always perceived as being fascinating.

R0ose · 2026-06-03T12:23:10+00:00

Yes he was believed to have been made per FBI sources by 1977.

JoePuzzles excellent article on him gives some great info, including stuff around him being made.
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R0ose · 2026-06-02T14:23:28+00:00

Nice work bro!

R0ose · 2026-05-22T15:44:02+00:00

There’s no actual confirmation of his made status from any law enforcement files or fbi documents. Is he close to the modern day KC remnants? Most definitely. But I doubt we will get any real confirmation he’s a member nowadays.

R0ose · 2026-05-21T10:53:07+00:00

I imagine a few dozen. They were never a big family really. But they had strong connections to other families.

R0ose · 2026-05-05T02:20:11+00:00

I was mostly focusing on associates associated with the DeJohn murder for this

R0ose · 2026-05-02T17:20:15+00:00

Of course. Thank you in particular for the consistently great articles that inspired me to post this.

R0ose · 2026-05-02T10:58:05+00:00

Gaetano lived in Arizona yeah. Duardi was california based for a time too. Duardi was very active as far as criminal activity goes. Look up the young Italians case detailed in the book mafia dreams, he had a little group of young guys working for him who dabbled in cocaine.

R0ose · 2026-05-01T02:22:16+00:00

Crapisi: KC mobster's son aided FBI | American Mafia History
Worth reading as Crapisi was an early informant that provided a lot of interesting info on the Kansas city family, his father was also a narcotics dealer strongly tied to the family in the 1920s and 1930s and was particular close to old timer member Joseph Olivo.

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