One of the earliest crime families in America in New Orleans where the mafia started. Not sure if Carlo and Antonio Matranga were Arbreshe but they were born in Sicily and settled in New Orleans in the 1870s. There ancestors were originally from a region in Albania known as the Karavasta region and were a prominent family of the Matrenga clan.

So does this mean that the mafia was started by Albanians during this time, New Orleans has Alot of Italians that are Arbreshe.

Botz,

Your fascination with the Arbëreshë/Albanian people is getting a little weird .

Im just historical.

the only arberesh village in sicily is piana dei greci, later called piana degli albanesi, are matranga's from that village?
anyway their albanian acestors, if they have, settled in 1500, they are too italianized to be called albanians

Exactly.

We've talked about this ad nauseum. The Albanians in that part of Sicily have been there for 500 years. They're culturally Italian. End of story.

arberesh anyway are more greeks than albanians they were arvanites in fact the village was called piana dei greci at one time

What's the origin of the Matranga surname? Where in Sicily where the from? Does that place have a high Arbreshe populace? Gotta ask yourself that.

"There ancestors were originally from a region in Albania known as the Karavasta region and were a prominent family of the Matrenga clan."

That line is found on the NOLA crime family wiki. But is it sourced? Can it be backed up?

They still speak albanian for 1. For 2 they called it Greci because there Byzantine church with mass was held in Greek language. Get your facts start about your own country

Get your facts straight daygo. They still speak albanian and have their own traditions and culture. Look up illyria... Half of Italy is ancient illyrian people mixed with Latin = Italian

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Read up

Ivy, do you have any FBI indictments on these guys? How about a family chart?

I think you meant "Dago". Not "Day-go". Boy these europeans are killin us! Nobody likes Albanians anyways

Fucking blockheads,

I actually have quite some Albanian friends...

I have a ton of serbian friends, which is probably why everyone i know hates albanians....

I personally have nothing against Serbs. I even know two Serbs that are cool with the Albanians that live over here.
I'm not Albanian by the way

Its weird all the albanians that moved to the tristate area... They all move in to old white nhoods. Bhurst, belleville, HB, and they move out to the suburbs too... Staten Islands full of them, so is west essex co, bergen... In packs, theyre impossible to bear...individually theyre alright...

Sounds a bit like the North Africans in Belgium. Greatest guys when you're alone with them and if you know them. Most irritating shits when you don't know them and when they outnumber you

Where are the indictments! I want to see a family chart prior to recognizing this family! Ivy! Are you going to stand for this?

Skinny I'm living in lower westchester right now, we're considering constructing a wall there flooding in so fast

I know a guy who bought a t-shirt that had the Albanian flag on the front.

WOW! Good stuff! I bought a Polish Flag handkerchief one time!

No I meant daygo. The name is from back in New York builders n construction bosses would hire them just a few days and pay them as the "day goes"

Serbs are cannibals. Look it up

Arbreshe have a saying gjaku ime shprisur. Which means my blood has become scattered. You guys know what up if u know any Albanians. The most loyal friends you can have. And they don't take shit from anyone. And by far the biggest mafia in Europe! Googles a motherfucker. Read up yourselves

Agree with the loyalty stuff. Also if you know an Albanian, the Albanians he knows will immediatly be friendly to you. The same goes for Turks, North Africans and Chechens over here. Italians and Greeks too to some extent.
Maybe it's culture, but Belgians themselves really don't seem to have the same kind of respect. When you talk to one, another Belgian he knows is more likely to behave like a prick to you than the immigrants do. I'm Belgian myself by the way.
I wouldn't call the Albanian mafia the most powerful mafia by the way, but in Europe definitely the most widespread nowadays.

The term Blockhead developed when a group of Italian-American youths noticed the new kid on the block in the Forza Italia sweat suit, they suspected he could be a zip until they realized his head was shaped like a box, realizing he was clearly albanian they coined the term and it stuck, true story