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ay 2 é Investigation by the Federal 2ureau of Nircotics showed that one of ne orime sources of drugs of the Kansas City syndicate was the Antinorl | . La amily of Tampa, Florida, leng ident'{ied with gambling, smuggling, andliquor. 5, 13 14 was forfher loouenad that ane snures of supoly wi2o4 henchman of Manuel : 7 wy ahi | ee OP PRE JPW LE BRATAR YE ee tt oe em ey ' ad i 15 1 $itonso, eo international narceticn syovsgler of Havana, Cuba. 16 : ; | 19 Although the sales force of the ayndicate had been uncovered In part | | 20 oY Sbreviously, ihe breaking of this case by the Federal Bureau of Narcotics started © “1 + 2 ' Spith amunber of illegal drug purch?er.: in Kansas City during 194i and 1942. . Sahe purchases led to the arrest of Ceri Carramusa and several others, along 27 ' 29ith the seizure of a quantity of narcctics. In all, 27 persons were implicated. ' 29 | 3@arranuan teroed ctate's witness, pat 31 | 5 Pour of the 27 persons tevalves wore ilcutifod ws Slafiosi, while the 3 thers were suspected of being ‘“ifical. bight were born in Sicily, aix were of *Bieillan extraction; and the majority of the rest were of Stallan, perhaps | $Sietlia, extraction. , ty i Joseph De Luca was the steorviser and financier of the Kansas City y lisyndicate; Joseph Patito, the lear] advisor; and Nicolo Impostata, deported 45 4éseveral years ayo, the general miaaser. All three were Mafiosl. In St. Louis, ioFhomas Cuffa, a cousin of Joseph Q¢ Luca, was a Mafioso and was general . 50 | 31 52 53 34 35 _ OR - i 36 | 38 39 50 31 * r