Albanian Boys

Albanian Boys

Founded	1991;34 years ago (1991)
Founding location	Bronx, New York City, New York, United States
Years active	1991–1990s
Territory	The Bronx, Staten Island
Ethnicity	Albanian American
Membership	c.100
Activities	Gang violence, robbery, extortion
Allies	Rudaj Organization
Rivals	MS-13

The Albanian Boys, also known as the Albanian Bad Boys ^[1] or Albanian Boys Inc. were a gang of Albanians who operated in central Bronx. ^[2] The gang was founded in the Bronx, New York in 1991. ^[3] . Over the years of its existence, the gang has evolved from a youth ethnic street gang that defended its members from similar ethnic street gangs to subcontractors working for local organized crime, engaging in extortion, intimidation, protection money and debt collection.

See also

• Rudaj Organization
• Albanian mafia

Notes

1. Spergel, pp. 65-66
2. "Just Boys Being Boys, or Vicious Gangs?". The New York Times . January 16, 1992. Retrieved April 14, 2013.
3. Arsovska, Jana (2015). Decoding Albanian Organized Crime: Culture, Politics, and Globalization. University of California Press. pp. 109–110. ISBN   9780520282803.

References

• Spergel, Irving A. (1995). The Youth Gang Problem: A Community Approach. Oxford University Press. ISBN   978-0-195-35786-8.