Joseph Deluca
Joseph DeLuca (March 17, 1893 – March 20, 1952) was an Italian-American mobster who controlled the smuggling and distribution of
narcotics with his brother Frank DeLuca in Kansas City, Missouri
for almost four decades.
Born Giuseppe DeLuca, DeLuca emigrated with his brother Frank from their native
Kefauver Committee
.
Further reading
- United States. Congress. Senate. Special Committee to Investigate Organized Crime in Interstate Commerce. Investigation of Organized Crime in Interstate Commerce. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1951. [1]
- United States. Congress. Senate. Government Operations Committee. Organized Crime and Illicit Traffic in Narcotics. 1964. [2]
References
- Sifakis, Carl. The Mafia Encyclopedia. New York: Da Capo Press, 2005. ISBN 0-8160-5694-3
External links
- The Five Iron Men Of Kansas City by Allan May
- The History of the Kansas City Family by Allan May
- Las Vegas Review Journal - Mob's LV clout doubtful by Jane Ann Morrison
- Trial in mobster slaying under way by Carri Geer