Kansas City crime family
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The Kansas City crime family is a Midwestern Italian-American Mafia organization historically involved in racketeering, gambling, and other organized crime activities centered in Kansas City, Missouri.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Kansas City crime family canonical | 2 |
| Kansas City crime syndicate | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5145161 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Kansas City crime family Context triple: [Commission (American Mafia), memberFamily, Kansas City crime family]
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A.
Cleveland crime family
The Cleveland crime family is an Italian-American Mafia organization based in Cleveland, Ohio, historically involved in organized crime activities such as racketeering, gambling, and labor racketeering.
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B.
Bufalino crime family
The Bufalino crime family was a Pennsylvania-based Italian-American Mafia organization known for its influence over labor unions, trucking, and organized crime activities in the mid-20th century United States.
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C.
Shelby crime family
The Shelby crime family is a fictional Birmingham-based gangster clan at the center of the British television series "Peaky Blinders," led by the ambitious and ruthless Thomas Shelby.
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D.
Buffalo crime family
The Buffalo crime family is an Italian-American Mafia organization based in Buffalo, New York, historically involved in organized crime activities across Western New York and Southern Ontario.
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E.
Pettingill crime family
The Pettingill crime family is a notorious Australian criminal clan from Melbourne known for its involvement in drug trafficking, violence, and high-profile confrontations with law enforcement.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
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Target entity: Kansas City crime family Target entity description: The Kansas City crime family is a Midwestern Italian-American Mafia organization historically involved in racketeering, gambling, and other organized crime activities centered in Kansas City, Missouri.
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A.
Cleveland crime family
The Cleveland crime family is an Italian-American Mafia organization based in Cleveland, Ohio, historically involved in organized crime activities such as racketeering, gambling, and labor racketeering.
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B.
Bufalino crime family
The Bufalino crime family was a Pennsylvania-based Italian-American Mafia organization known for its influence over labor unions, trucking, and organized crime activities in the mid-20th century United States.
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C.
Shelby crime family
The Shelby crime family is a fictional Birmingham-based gangster clan at the center of the British television series "Peaky Blinders," led by the ambitious and ruthless Thomas Shelby.
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D.
Buffalo crime family
The Buffalo crime family is an Italian-American Mafia organization based in Buffalo, New York, historically involved in organized crime activities across Western New York and Southern Ontario.
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E.
Pettingill crime family
The Pettingill crime family is a notorious Australian criminal clan from Melbourne known for its involvement in drug trafficking, violence, and high-profile confrontations with law enforcement.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | Italian-American Mafia crime family ⓘ |
| alliedWith |
Chicago Outfit
ⓘ
Cleveland crime family ⓘ Milwaukee crime family ⓘ |
| basedIn |
United States Midwest
ⓘ
linked to:
Midwestern United States
|
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| criminalActivity |
conspiracy
ⓘ
extortion ⓘ illegal gambling ⓘ labor racketeering ⓘ loansharking ⓘ money laundering ⓘ murder ⓘ racketeering ⓘ |
| criminalStructure | hierarchical family-based organization ⓘ |
| declinePeriod | late 20th century ⓘ |
| eraOfProminence |
1970s
ⓘ
1980s ⓘ mid-20th century ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Italian-American ⓘ |
| federalTarget |
FBI
ⓘ
linked to:
Federal Bureau of Investigation
U.S. Department of Justice ⓘ
linked to:
United States Department of Justice
|
| hasRival | other organized crime groups in the Midwest ⓘ |
| involvedIn |
Las Vegas casino skimming operations
ⓘ
Teamsters Central States Pension Fund corruption ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Midwestern hub of Italian-American organized crime
ⓘ
participation in multi-city Mafia alliances ⓘ |
| languageUsed |
English
ⓘ
Italian ⓘ |
| lawEnforcementAction |
RICO prosecutions
ⓘ
casino skimming trials ⓘ |
| locationCity |
Kansas City
ⓘ
linked to:
Kansas City, Kansas
|
| locationRegion | Midwestern United States ⓘ |
| locationState | Missouri ⓘ |
| mediaCoverage |
subject of books on American organized crime
ⓘ
subject of documentaries on the Mafia ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
control of local illegal gambling operations
ⓘ
influence over labor unions ⓘ involvement in Las Vegas casino interests ⓘ |
| operationalStatus | significantly weakened by federal prosecutions ⓘ |
| oversight | Mafia Commission influence ⓘ |
| partOf |
American Mafia
ⓘ
linked to:
La Cosa Nostra
|
| territory |
Kansas City metropolitan area
ⓘ
parts of Kansas ⓘ |
| typeOfOrganization | secret criminal society ⓘ |
| usedMethod | wiretapped communications for coordination ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Kansas City crime family Description of subject: The Kansas City crime family is a Midwestern Italian-American Mafia organization historically involved in racketeering, gambling, and other organized crime activities centered in Kansas City, Missouri.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Peggy Blumquist in Fargo (season 2)
linked to: Kansas City crime family
linked to: Kansas City crime family