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These days the Mafia needs a p.r. effort greater than even Martin Scorsese can muster. Vittorio Amuso, head of the New York City-based Lucchese crime family, was convicted last week on 54 counts of murder and racketeering. Two days later, a federal judge in Boston sentenced Raymond Patriarca, former head of the eponymous New England Mob ring, to an eight-year prison term. But the grief doesn't end there. Scheduled for sentencing this week is glamour don John Gotti...
Chiodo, who began cooperating with prosecutors after surviving an attempted Mob rubout last year, is scheduled to appear at the Gotti trial. Federal officials also regard him as a prime witness against alleged Lucchese crime boss Vittorio Amuso...