Spyros Velentzas: The “Sakaflias” of the Greek Mafia passes away in a U.S. prison
Unrepentant until the end, the 90-year-old “voνός” and “king” of Astoria, who controlled the Greek mafia for 30 years—his life and career as the Greek “Don,” friends with the “boss of bosses” John Gotti, who served a life sentence for murder, usury, and extortion
Appeal filed against the acquittal of the “Spartiates”
The prosecutor’s office, in filing the appeal, reportedly judged that the entire indictment against the defendants had been proven
Cigarette smuggling organisation: the murder of Zambounis and the millions in profits – “We cleaned things up, we left nothing”
Along with the smuggling of cigarettes, the members of the organization had in their "assets" the murders of some of the highest dynamic members of the Greek Mafia
