“The ethnic Albanian mafia is very powerful and extremely violent,” said Kim Kliver, chief investigator for organised crime with the Danish National Police. Law enforcement authorities estimate that different Albanian mafia families may smuggle as much as 440 pounds of heroin a year into Scandinavia at any given time.

Alex Rudaj (also known as Sandro Rudovic, Allie Boy, Uncle Rudaj, Xhaxhai,) of Yorktown, New York is the alleged boss of the Albanian mafia’s Rudaj Organization, based in the New York City metro area. Rudaj is an ethnic Albanian from Ulcinj, Montenegro who immigrated to the United States in 1987.

The criminal subculture of the Albanian community in the Bronx, starring a real-life ex-con. The criminal subculture of the Albanian community in the Bronx, starring a real-life ex-con.

It consisted of the bosses of the Five Families as well as the bosses of the Chicago Outfit and the Buffalo crime family….Original and current Five Families bosses.

Top 10 mafias in the world: the richest and most powerful criminal organizations

• 8 – Naša Stvar, Serbia.
• 7 – Triad, China.
• 6 – Mafia, Italy.
• 5 – Sinaloa Cartel, Mexico.
• 4 – ‘Ndrangheta, Italy.
• 3 – Camorra, Italy.
• 2 – Solncevskaya Brotherhood, Russia. Economic power: 4/5.
• 1 – Yamaguchi-gumi, Japan. Economic power: 5/5.

the Genovese family
It also estimated that the Genovese family consists of about 270 “made” members. The family maintains power and influence in New York, New Jersey, Atlantic City and Florida. It is recognized as the most powerful Mafia family in the U.S., a distinction brought about by their continued devotion to secrecy.

The film, which was shot over 12 days in the Bronx, Queens and Brooklyn, tells the story of Leon (Mr. Rezaj), a former player in organized crime who becomes obsessed with killing the informant who sent him to prison as a young man after he runs into the man in a bar.

The family’s fortunes grew through 1976, when Gambino appointed his brother-in-law Paul Castellano as boss upon his death….Gambino crime family.

Italy
In Italy, there are three main mafia organisations that originated in the 19th century: the Cosa Nostra originating from the region of Sicily, the Camorra originating from the region of Campania, and the ‘Ndrangheta originating from the region of Calabria.

The Albanian Boys, also known as the Albanian Bad Boys or Albanian Boys Inc. is a gang of Albanians who operate in central Bronx. The gang was founded in the Bronx, New York by immigrants who had come to the states after the Kosovo War. Members of the gang would consistently get into fights with African-American…

The Rudaj Organization is the Albanian mafia in the New York City metro area, named for the man accused of being its kingpin, Alex Rudaj of Yorktown, New York.

The gang was founded in 1988 by Sekret Kukaj as a youth gang. Sekret was murdered and the gang expanded operations in the early 1990s. The large influx of Albanian immigrants into the Bronx borough saw the gang’s activity increase. In 1999, many Kosovar Albanians moved to the Bronx and the gang expanded.

During a bail hearing for one of the two dozen people arrested in the case, Assistant U.S. Attorney Timothy Treanor said that the Albanian mob had taken over the operations of the Lucchese family in Astoria, Queens.