Originally Posted by RushStreet
Serious question. I see the Kansas City mob portrayed in movies and shows as this big powerful crime family, but in real life were they ever that great? Were they ever a powerhouse in organized crime once upon a time or is that just a bunch of bullshit?

Discuss.


The midwest families owed much of their power to the unions control and the las vegas skimming after losing both of it,the Kansas City family began a slow decline.
The KC mafia was powerful because was organizated and again had connections that the other oc gruops never had until the 1980s.