Omaha is a place worth digging into in the future.
- The FBN had Benny Barone and the four Biase brothers as Omaha-born residents and there were ties among them to Chicago, New York, and Kansas City.
- Nick Civella of KC in particular had interests there represented by non-Italians. Informant said even if KC had interests in Omaha it fell under Chicago's authority/jurisdiction. Makes sense since they were the avugad.
- KC member Thomas Cacioppo was born in Omaha in 1913. Family from Sambuca and cousin of the KC Family Gureras.
- Lou Fratto told the FBI he himself was the only made member in Des Moines and Omaha. However...
- In a recording of Frank Balistrieri he talked about KC Family having a "piece" of Omaha and said Nick Civella had contact with "the old man" in Omaha. He also mentioned an unnamed member who went from California through Omaha.
^^^ The "old man" apparently had a message for Balistrieri he passed through Civella about Joe Gurera and Buster Balistrere (this is on the next page).
^^^ Should be noted at this time Joe Gurera (Cacioppo's cousin) was a KC-based member of the Milwaukee Family and Balistrieri was trying to decide whether to keep them with Milwaukee or transfer them back to KC. Apparently the "old man" in Omaha was interested in this?
Omaha is a place worth digging into in the future.
- The FBN had Benny Barone and the four Biase brothers as Omaha-born residents and there were ties among them to Chicago, New York, and Kansas City.
- Nick Civella of KC in particular had interests there represented by non-Italians. Informant said even if KC had interests in Omaha it fell under Chicago's authority/jurisdiction. Makes sense since they were the avugad.
- KC member Thomas Cacioppo was born in Omaha in 1913. Family from Sambuca and cousin of the KC Family Gureras.
- Lou Fratto told the FBI he himself was the only made member in Des Moines and Omaha. However...
- In a recording of Frank Balistrieri he talked about KC Family having a "piece" of Omaha and said Nick Civella had contact with "the old man" in Omaha. He also mentioned an unnamed member who went from California through Omaha.
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^^^ The "old man" apparently had a message for Balistrieri he passed through Civella about Joe Gurera and Buster Balistrere (this is on the next page).
^^^ Should be noted at this time Joe Gurera (Cacioppo's cousin) was a KC-based member of the Milwaukee Family and Balistrieri was trying to decide whether to keep them with Milwaukee or transfer them back to KC. Apparently the "old man" in Omaha was interested in this?