CRAZY FUCKING GREEKS

Sometimes, Greeks can be fucking crazy..almost suicidal.


And sometimes a Greek with a gun is nothing but trouble!


Back in 1993, Joseph (Little Joe) Defede (pictured right), a Lucchese Family mobster, was collecting the family's monthly "protection" payment of $10,000 as usual. But this one time he had been rudely humiliated by the Greeks.


Defede had just taken over the collection duties from a capo who was greedy and did not get along with the Greeks. Based in Astoria, Queens, the Greeks distributed illegal Joker Poker machines and ran horse rooms and a lucrative dice game. For years, they had paid the Lucchese family $10,000 a month for the right to operate on their turf.


Basically, a low level Greek mobster pulled a gun on Defede then proceeded to make him get on his knees and beg the Greek for his life in front of everyone. Defede knew nothing of the bad blood and was shocked that a lowly scrub associate would dare mistreat him and threaten his life. 


The low level Greek gangster was an underling of Greek Godfather Spyredon (Spiros) Velentzas (pictured below). Luckily for the Greeks, at the time Spiros was locked up with Lucchese boss Vittorio (Vic) Amuso in the same Federal prison.

The Lucchese family hierarchy was incensed over the incident. They were debating on whether or not the only way to rectify the situation was to kill the offending hood.


The Lucchese mobsters were demanding an apology from the Greeks. The Greek Godfather quickly worked out a deal. His underling would have to apologize (and pay some cash, of course) on Lucchese turf and Velentzas' brother would come along as a sign of good faith. 


The Greek gangsters had to know what they were up against, and most likely they wouldn't have come if they weren't ready to make a perfect act of contrition.  What they didn't know for sure was whether Defede would accept it.


The showdown took place at the All Nations Social Club in Gravesend, Brooklyn a couple of weeks after the underling of Greek Godfather Spyredon (Spiros) Velentzas pulled a gun on Defede, made him kneel on the floor and plead for his life.


The confrontation was a potentially lethal showdown about saving face, and those who love the mob as well as those who hate it will tell you that people get killed over things like this.


With photographs of late heavyweight champion Rocky Marciano and other boxers on the walls behind them, two armed Lucchese mobsters calmly stood toe-to-toe and eyeball to eyeball with two Greek gangsters at a Brooklyn social club.


That day at the club, Defede sat at a card table while soldier Frank Gioia Jr. and George Conte, an acting capo, stood behind the bar with silencer-equipped handguns. Angelo (The Boxer) Defendis – former Golden Gloves champ and onetime light heavyweight contender who ran the club – and another mobster sat on a couch, ready for cleanup duty. A stolen car was parked outside, ready to carry away the dead weight.


They determined that the apology (and cash payment) was satisfactory, and the hit did not take place. Wisely the Greeks apologized profusely that cool summer day in 1993 and walked out of the club without a scratch.


Defendis, whose old ring robe, boxing gloves and photos of his glory days hung near Marciano's picture, was "ecstatic the sitdown ended amicably." The club was Defendis' pride and joy and he was pretty relieved the place didn't become a bloody mess.


Sometimes, Greeks can be fucking lucky..almost blessed!!

ENTER: PETE THE LEBANESE

I USED TO HAVE EVERYONE'S FULL NAMES AND CERTAIN DATES BUT FOR CERTAIN REASONS..I CURRENTLY DO NOT HAVE THEM. BUT THOSE DETAILS ARE NOT IMPORTANT. BUT THERE WAS A GUY FROM THE USA WHOSE ANCESTORS WERE FROM LEBANON. HIS NAME WAS PETER (PITIR?) AND HE LIKED SMOKING CRACK COCAINE. WHEN HE WAS STRAIGHT, HE WAS A PUSSY. WHEN HE WAS ON CRACK..HE WAS A COLD KILLER.

SO, ONE TIME HE WAS IN THE BACK SEAT OF A TAXI SOMEWHERE ON THE EAST COAST OF THE UNITED STATES WITH HIS GIRLFRIEND. I AM NOT SURE ABOUT HE EXACT DETAILS, BUT HIS GIRLFRIEND TOLD HIM TO BLOW THE TAXI DRIVERS HEAD OFF. WELL, HE PULLED OUT HIS GUN AND BLEW THE POOR GUYS HEAD OFF.

FOR SOME REASON, THE GREEK MOB IN ATHENS HAD A SOFT SPOT FOR THE SCUMBAG.

OK, TO CONTINUE THE STORY, PETER WAS A SPY FOR THE "TSAKO" CAMP. NICK, TEDDY, AND SOME OTHER "TORPEDOS" WHO WERE IN NICK AND TEDDY'S CAMP WERE SUPPOSED TO MEET UP WITH YIANNOPOULOS WITH TSAKOYIANNIS PLAYING THE MEDIATOR (BUT HE WAS REALLY 100% ALLIED WITH YIANNOPOULOS). I FORGET THE EXACT DETAILS BUT THEY GOT IN A SHOOTOUT IN THE PARKING LOT. NICK PULLED OUT AN UZI (OR SOMETHING SIMILAR) AND SPRAYED A JAGUAR FILLED WITH SOLDIERS WHO WERE ABOUT TO SUPRISE ATTACK NICK AND HIS BOYS.

IT ALL HAPPENED SO FAST AND IT WAS THE EVENT THAT LET EVERYONE KNOW THAT THERE WAS A WAR GOING ON..NO DOUBT ABOUT IT. THE BOYS KNEW TSAKO WAS FULL OF SHIT. ALL THE CARDS WERE ON THE TABLE. THE ONLY THING IS THE GRIGORAKOS FAMILY HAD "9 LIVES". THE TSAKO/YIANNO CAMP TRIED MANY TIMES TO ATTEMPT ASSASSINATIONS BUT THEY PROVED TO BE HARD TO HIT. THEY HAD A SIXTH SENSE THAT WENT WELL WITH THEIR STREET SMARTS AND PARANOIA.

BECAUSE THERE WAS A LEAST ONE SPY IN THE GRIGORAKOS CAMP (CRACK HEAD PETE), THE TSAKO/YIANNO GANG SEEMED THEY WERE ALWAYS ONE STEP AHEAD OF THE AMERICANS. THIS CAUSED A LOT OF ANXIETY IN THE GRIGORAKOS GANG. THEY WERE NOT SURE IF THEIR HOUSE AND CAR WERE BUGGED OR MAYBE THEIR PHONES. WHENEVER A SOLDIER WOULD TRY AND STALK TSAKO..ALL OF A SUDDEN TSAKOS BOYS (OR EVEN POLICE OFFICERS ON TSAKOS PAYROLL) ALL OF A SUDDEN WOULD STALK THE STALKERS.

HERE IS SOMETHING NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW..NOT EVEN TSAKOYIANNIS. ONE NIGHT, TSAKO WAS WITH HIS FAMILY RELAXING ON A BALCONY. NICK, TEDDY, AND THEIR FATHER WERE ACROSS THE STREET STALKING THEM. THEY HAD SOME SORT OF WEAPON..LIKE A GRENADE LAUNCHER OR SOMETHING. THEY WERE READY TO TAKE OUT TSAKO, EVEN IF IT MEANT COLLATERAL DAMGAGE. NTG AND TEDDY WERE READY TO DO IT. IT WOULD HAVE BEEN A MAJOR BLOW TO THE TSAKO/YIANNO SIDE AND MIGHT HAVE ENDED THE WAR. BUT THE FATHER INSISTED NO INNOCENT BYSTANDERS.

TSAKO, YOU GOT A PASS THAT NIGHT AND YOUR FAMILY SURVIVES TO THIS DAY. I WONDER IF YOU EVEN KNOW HOW CLOSE YOU AND YOUR FAMILY CAME TO BECOMING BURNT FLESH AND BONE PIECES.

ONE DAY, TEDDY WAS BUYING OR DELIVERING AT LEAST ONE KILO OF COCAINE. HE WAS APPROACHED BY MANY ARMED MEN WHO HE THOUGHT WAS ABOUT TO ROB HIM. HE PULLED OUT HIS AUTOMATIC AND SPRAYED THEM.

WELL, THEY WERE COPS AND HE WAS RIGHT..THEY WERE WITH TSAKO AND WERE ABOUT TO ROB HIM AND WHO KNOWS WHAT ELSE THEY WERE GOING TO DO TO HIM. HE WAS EVENTUALLY ARRESTED AND THE COPS SAID THEY WERE NOT ROBBING HIM BUT INSTEAD CONDUCTING AN INVESTIGATION OR WHATEVER BLAH BLAH.

WHILE TEDDY WAS IN PRISON, NICK THE GREEK WAS COMING OUT OF A COURTHOUSE (OBVIOUSLY UNARMED) WHEN AN ALBANIAN MAN SHOT HIM AND KILLED HIM. THIS WAS A BIG BLOW WITH NICK DEAD AND TEDDY IN JAIL.

TEDDY WAS FEELING THE HEAT AND FROM HIS CELL HE WAS PROMISING HIS CRONIES US$100,000 AND TERRITORY IF THEY KILLED TSAKO.

THEN, ON TEDDY'S BIRTHDAY, THEY MADE SPAGHETTI TO CELEBRATE. WELL, GUESS WHO WAS IN JAIL WITH TEDDY AT THE TIME..PETER THE CRACK HEAD. TSAKO ORDERED PETER TO TAKE OUT TEDDY. PETER COULD NOT KILL HIM WITH A WEAPON BECAUSE TEDDY WOULD HAVE TAKEN IT AWAY AND KILLED PETER WITH HIS BARE HANDS. SO, PETER POISONED TEDDY'S SPAGHETTI AND KILLED HIM.

I'M NOT SURE IF IT HAPPENED BEFORE OR AFTER TEDDY'S DEATH..BUT ONE NIGHT, THEIR FATHER WAS ASSASSINATED ON VOULAGEMENI BLVD AS HE DROVE HIS CAR.

TSAKO AND HIS BOYS WON AND THE GRIGORAKOS UNDERLINGS ALL SCATTERED TO OTHER COUNTRIES TO AVOID GETTING WHACKED, ARRESTED, OR BOTH.

BUT ONE DAY, A RELATIVE OF THE GRIGORAKOS FAMILY STRUCK OUT IN REVENGE. AFTER A LITTLE BIT OF TIME, TSAKO WAS FEELING SAFE NOW THAT ALL OF HIS ENEMIES WERE DEAD..OR WERE THEY?

SOMEONE SHOT AND KILLED TSAKOS COUSIN AT TSAKOS BUSINESS (WHO LOOKED MUCH LIKE TSAKO) BECAUSE THEY THOUGHT IT WAS TSAKO.

FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, BUT I AM NOT SURE IF THIS IS ACCURATE..TEDDY'S WIDOW MADE A DEAL WITH TSAKO ASSURING HIM THAT THERE WOULD BE NO MORE ATTEMPTS ON HIS LIFE. SHE JUST WANTED TO RAISE HER CHILD (TEDDY'S LITTLE BOY) IN PEACE. SHE DID WHAT ANY GOOD MOTHER WOULD DO AND PROTECTED HER SON. LOL, I WONDER IF SHE COULD BEAT TSAKO IN A ONE ON ONE FIGHT. SHE IS A TOUGH GREEK-AMERICAN BITCH!

EVENTUALLY, PETER MADE HIS WAY TO SOUTH AMERICA WHERE HE TRIED TO STAY LOW. THERE ARE RUMOURS THAT HE KILLED SOME INNOCENT PEOPLE THERE AS WELL. I BELIEVE IT WAS VENEZUELA WHERE PETER WAS KILLED. MAYBE TSAKO SENT HIS BOYS OUT THERE TO WHACK PETER TO SHUT HIM UP OR MAYBE PETER WAS KILLED BY SOMEONE HE WAS TRYING TO ROB. NO ONE KNOWS FOR SURE.

LASTLY, ACCORDING TO SOURCES WHO POST ON HERE, A COUPLE OF NICK AND TEDDY'S FRIENDS CAUGHT THE ALBANIAN WHO KILLED NICK AND TORTURED HIM AND KILLED HIM. THIS HAS NOT BEEN CONFIRMED BUT I BELIEVE IT.

I WONDER WHAT THE GREEK UNDERWORLD IN ATHENS WOULD HAVE BEEN LIKE IF THE GRIGORAKOS FAMILY WON THE WAR AND CONTROLLED THE ATHENS UNDERWORLD. ONLY ZEUS KNOWS!!!