Cosa Nostra News

Nick Christophers , a top editor at  Mob Candy , writes about the Greek Mafia for us. And, this is only the first of several articles.  Thanks, Nick! The American Mafia, among its various other roles, is the gatekeeper to the much coveted and very lucrative American underworld. Guest columnist Nick Christophers Other ethnic crime groups have sought to carve out their own piece of the action. Many of these groups often find that it's easier and more profitable in the long term to partner with America’s Cosa Nostra.

Nick Christophers  -- whom I have interviewed in the past --  is the well-known editor of Mob Candy . He has done me the honor of writing a guest blog  about Spiro Velentzas, who the feds allege was the boss of the Greek Mafia. He is also the one whom then-Gambino boss John Gotti was referring to when he famously declared: "Y ou tell this punk, I, me, John Gotti... will sever your motherfuckin’ head off!" Spiro is serving life in prison. Christophers, for one, doesn't believe the feds had the goods to support their allegations, nor to impose such a draconian prison sentence. Spiro, now in prison 25 years, still declares his innocence. And I agree that there is more to this than meets the eye, as well. "Fat Pete" Chiodo is the main reason Spiro is behind bars. Fat Pete became a rat after the Lucheses (unjustly) had decided he was an informant and moved to assassinate him.