What about non Italian gangs thst lurk in the bronx like the Albanians?
I know no one can deal with them. Not the Italians not even the Russians.
A lot of that is media hype. There has been lots of interaction between the Italians and Albanians in the Bronx.
Exactly. It's very telling that a single indictment put the entire crew in jail for thirty years.
But as far as Albanians in the Bronx, there are loads of them and they're not going anywhere. Real estate is my livelihood. Two of my buildings are located in the Bronx, and I have an Albanian partner in one of them.
And it's estimated that Albanian Americans own a
FULL ONE THIRD of the apartment buildings here in the Bronx. That shows a penchant for upward mobility. Crime seems to be a means to an end for the Albanians, much like it was for a lot of the old Italian American wiseguys. Get in, educate your children, and get out. It's the American way
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