Background
Anastasia was born in South Philadelphia and raised in Westville in southern New Jersey.
Anastasia was born in South Philadelphia and raised in Westville in southern New Jersey.
Anastasia was born in South Philadelphia and raised in Westville in southern New Jersey. He is a graduate of (1969) with a Bachelor of Arts in French literature. He also studied at Swarthmore College and the University of Florida.
Anastasia has served as an adjunct professor/lecturer at Glassboro State College (now Rowan University) and Temple University, and also has been a lecturer for a United States. State Department-sponsored series of weeklong seminars on journalism and organized crime in Bulgaria (2004, 2007), Croatia (2005), Serbia (2006) and Italy (2007).
He is widely considered to be an expert on the American Mafia. He was an organized crime investigative reporter, who was once targeted for death by then-Philadelphia crime family boss John Stanfa. He has also been described on a 60 Minutes television profile as "One of the most respected crime reporters in the country.".