So much misinformation here. the Arbereshe are catholics. and many of them still speak Albanian. they are not 100% Italians. I have seen documentaries of them and they still speak albanian, they have had major impact on Albanian history and independence, even creating alphabets. although they have italian accents. and Joseph Ardizzone was from piana degli albanesi. he was Albanian, and he founded one of the first American crime families. so how can you call someone who founded this stuff as foreigner? as the guy said, only sicilians were accepted first. Johnny dioguardi was also arbereshe, probably related to Arbereshe politician Joseph Dioguardi.

the matranga family were arbereshe and the cuccia family too.

and in italy you had Francesco cuccia in piana degli albanesi at the time of the origin of sicilian mafia, and the mob originated in sicily... you also had several others. and there is an albanian writer who is known to of sided with them.

if you don't believe me read about arbereshe, and see for yourself... luca matranga (Albanian-arbereshe writer) although lived hundreds of years before, is probably related to matranga crime family, cuccia... these surnames are not italian, and the fact that they are from piana degli albanesi. although allot of albanians have latinized names.. especially early albanians that fled from ottoman empire. before ottoman occupation we were like italians. you can even see these in the arbereshe surnames... very latin sounding. and also the roman empire was in the balkans and had major impact.

and some guy here said there are no arbereshe in naples, arbereshe were soldiers for the kingdom of naples, of course they settled there.

And there are several of greek origin, or maybe arbereshe (arvanite) like guiseppe greco. because the arvanite also came from greece and settled in italy.. they first lived in greece in peloponesse and thessaly.