#OTD (Mar 01) in 1983, 70-year-old Nick #Civella, suffering with advanced lung cancer, is paroled from federal prison to spend his final days at home in #KansasCity.

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#OTD (Nov 26) in 1978, an #FBI wiretap listens in on a six-hour meeting about the skim racket between #KansasCity #Mafia leaders - Nick #Civella, Carl Civella, Carl DeLuna (shown) - and top figures in #LasVegas casinos.

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#OTD (Nov 05) in 1981, a federal grand jury at #KansasCity MO indicts 11 men, including #Mafia leaders Nick and Carl #Civella and Carl #DeLuna (shown), with conspiring to skim money from the Tropicana casino in #LasVegas.

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#OTD (Oct 18) in 1983, Carl #Civella of #KansasCity surrenders to authorities a day late to begin a 75-year sentence for conspiracy to skim revenue of #LasVegas casinos.

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#OTD (Oct 02) in 1994, former #KansasCity mafioso Carl J. #Civella dies in federal custody in #FortWorthTX.

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#OTD in #OrganizedCrime #History: #NewYork mobsters swear to avenge a murder, #Brooklyn's Lauritano gets 5 years, #Albany grand jury indicts still operators, Anna #Genovese testifies about husband's rackets, jury hangs in #Zwillman tax trial, #KansasCity mobsters arrive in #Miami, #Civella is paroled.

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