I wish I remember where I read it...Zeke Squitieri had a beef with the Albanians that resulted in a tense showdown at a gas station, with the Rudaj threatening to blow up the gas station and take them all out. Apparently cooler heads prevailed, and the Albanians backed off.

Shows on one hand how tough they were to risk their own lives in order to prove a point; but at the same time they obviously didn't follow through. It was either in a recent book, or Ganglandnews.com (which I no longer sub to)...so not certain of the source/accuracy.

There's always folks like Zef Mustafa (driver for Frank Locasio, I believe?)...that joined (associate of course, but still...) the 'winning' team of LCN with much success.

In Greece, the country as a whole is hated (much crime in general is attributed to illegal Albanian immigrants into Greece and other nearby Western European countries) maybe not statistically true, but definitely the feelings of the Greeks.