
Dobre wrote:

thewestside wrote:By all accounts it has been over the past half century. You are the only one who disputes that, despite the fact you have been wrong about their activity level in Canada over the years. Maybe because you were too busy dreaming of how there was nothing the Italians had the Albanians "couldn't reach."
You know what I think about that. They weren't prepared to "take on" the entire family. But I really don't want to get into this dead horse discussion with you again.
Bottom line, the fact that you call the Caruana-Cuntrera clan a "gang" while you all the Rudaj group a "sixth family" says it all.

thewestside wrote:Dobre wrote:
Like I've said over and over again, Johnny's reputation is well known on various internet forums. It has come from him trolling them spewing his Albanians rule the world BS for so long. It's why he's been banned from at least three boards, had at least three different names on this one, and finally had to start pretending to be an Italian on the AmericanMafia board so nobody would know who he is. But of course he'll downplay all this or deny it, as if anyone believes his sorry Albanian ass anymore.

GoombahJoey wrote:Not to get into an Albanian vs. Whomever debate, but I'd like to point out of few things about the rudaj beef with 2 of the NY crews. The Albos were extremely tough and did muscle the Luccheses out of one of their gambling operations in Queens. They were also willing to stand in the street and have it out with the Gambinos. While the Albos were considered fearless it didn't matter in the end, because they got busted and it killed their momentum. With their momentum dead, the chop shop, the gambling house, the Gambino family table, all went back to the original "owners". Now they're not totally out of operation, but biting the hand that had fed them for years has left them doing little more than selling bootleg DVDs of "Happy Feet" and a stickup here or there.
CheGuevara wrote:lol you're such a pathetic excuse for a person. when i wrote that. i said, judging by the summary on one report. i don't see the italians doing anything the albanians can't reach.
the c-c is far from one of the most powerful in the world you jerkoff. you know this as well as i do.
yes, the rudajs weren't prepared to take on the entire family. they just held up the acting boss as a joke.
whats the difference between a gang and clan in organized crime terms?

thewestside wrote:With Johnny (CheGuevara) it's ALWAYS an Albanian vs. Whomever debate. And just for the record, the Rudaj guys took over two Greek clubs that were paying tribute to the Lucchese and Gambino families. They never touched mob clubs themselves, though there were plenty of them. Every wonder why that was?
CheGuevara wrote:There is nothing in any report, article, etc. on organized crime in Canada that even hints at the Albanians being at the level of the Italians. This is simply a case of you once again making shit up based on wishful thinking.
You need to work on your reading comprehension little Albanian boy. I said the Caruana-Cuntrera clan has been one of the most powerful Mafia clans of the last 50 years.
If that were the case they would have gone after any number of Gambino clubs directly instead of taking over a Greek club that was paying the Gambinos. But they didn't.
The difference is not really the point. Rather, the point is that you choose to use the word "gang" when referring to the Caruana-Cuntrera clan while believing the Rudaj organization was a "sixth family."

CheGuevara wrote:lol talk about irony! this guy claims they never touched mob clubs themselves as if they were scared because of what some poster told him on another forum. talk about reading into things the way you want to.
the albanians took over all lucchese operations in astoria and bitch slapped two members of the family. not associates, members. as for wondering why that is. rudaj's men held up the gambino BOSS at gun point and told his fat italian ass to get the fu-- out of here.
the report azure brought it just went on about how italians are organized in a structure and all that blah blah. while for the albanian section. they didn't say anything but what they did straight up. they said they were involved in this and this and this and stemming out to this. if i were to look at that report alone and isolate it from any other information. i have the right to think the italians and albanian criminals are on the same level in canada. which is why i made my statement. because i was responding to that report. but you take my statement and bring it up now and try to alter it to make people think i used it in another circumstance. it's a brilliant move. especially on this forum because many people are too ignorant to see what you're doing. bravo virgin boy, bravo.
make sure you're clear then virgin boy.
they had their sights set on astoria and what happened? they took over all lucchese operations down there and a gambino club as well. if they didn't get busted by the feds. no telling how far rudaj would have went. he was probably going to start shaking down the gambino family. it wouldn't come a surprise to me. he pretty much clowned the boss of the family. it's not a big step to tax him as well after that.
the rudaj gang can be called the sixth family just like the nj family is called the sixth family you clown. now i ask you again. what is the difference between clan and gang in organized crime terms?

thewestside wrote:What the hell are you talking about? I'm not getting this from another poster. I'm getting this from the known facts. The Rudaj guys were based out of the Bronx. There are plenty of mob clubs in that area but they went all the way to Queens to go after some Greek clubs. That should tell you something.
Wrong. The only club of record that was specifically designated as a Lucchese joint was a Greek club called Stamatis, which was paying tribute to the Luchesses. Furthermore, in the press released and indictments, it was Greek operators of this club, as well as the Gambinos' Soccer Fever club, that were assaulted. There has never been a single made member of record who was assaulted by the Rudaj guys. Despite all the claims, funny how not one made guy has ever been mentioned specifically in any article, report, etc. Wonder why that is?
That's your problem right there pal. You read only reports about Albanians alone. Which gives you absolutely no reference to their position with respect to other groups. Which in turn leads you to making stupid statements like there is no level the Italians are at that the Albanians can't reach. And then somebody has to come along and correct you before you say, "Oh gee, I guess I was wrong. Sorry for talking out of my ass.....AGAIN."
I was clear ahole. That's exactly what I said. It's not my fault you can't read you stupid prick. Furthermore, you're the one who says shit that you later have to backpeddle on and say you meant something else. How many times has that happened?
LOL! Shaking down the Gambino family. Riiiiiiight. Even a dumbass like you doesn't believe that. OK jerkoff, give me a list with sources of all the clubs that were specifically designated as Lucchese clubs. You can't. There is just Stamatis. In any event, this is all old news. The Rudaj group is no more. But it's all you have isn't it? Which is why you keep going back and back to it. Do you realize how pathetic that is? For all your talk about Albanians, the Rudaj guys are the only thing you have.
The DeCavalcante family has been active in New Jersey for over 75 years. But nobody would try and compare it to the five New York families. Hell, the Genovese family's New Jersey faction is bigger than the entire DeCavalcante family. But here you are claiming a relatively small group of Albanians that didn't last more than a decade amounted to a sixth family. What nonsense. They may have wanted to be a sixth family. But they never got close.
A clan, in Mafia vernacular, is a group of two or more blood families who come together through blood and marriage. The Carauana and Cuntreras are the main ones in the clan but there are others as well, like the Vellas. The Caruana-Cuntreras are beholden to the Siciliuna cosca in Sicily. Over the past half century, they have been a key part of the international drug trade stretching from Europe to North America to South America to Asia for both the Sicilian Mafia and Calabrian 'Ndrangheta. To call them a "gang" is a misnomer to say the least. The Rudaj organization - now that was a gang.

CheGuevara wrote:that should tell me they have common sense.
the made members were listed in the indictment as member 1 and member 2. read it again you idiot. and you're wrong again. in the indictment, it said rudaj in the summer of 2004, took over lucchese operations in astoria. the fbi stated made members were beaten up on their website. is that not an article. oh how he contradicts himself!
i would not be surprised if they started to shake down the gambinos. they held their boss up at gun point. as for the lucchese clubs, you have the list on a number of reports about alex rudaj. i don't even understand your bottom half of this paragraph. you're a social outcast. and not the good kind, i mean a loser lol.
you know this because you know the exact number of people in rudaj's group right? you're such an idiot. the rudaj group had the right to be called the sixth family. rudaj dealt only with bosses of the five families. he sent collotti to talk the highest members of the families numerous times. he held arnold up at gun point. he had every right to be called that.
lol, your offense to me calling them a gang shows a sickness and unhealthy, physco obsession you have for italian criminals. congratulations, you've become a success in life! take a look around you. you're apartment, you're little computer. this is it for you buddy


DutchGangster69 wrote:LOL..ha ha the Rudaj gang that Albanians glorify only had 5 million to their name ...thats pethetic

CheGuevara wrote:lol you're such a pathetic excuse for a person. when i wrote that. i said, judging by the summary on one report. i don't see the italians doing anything the albanians can't reach.

thewestside wrote:Exactly. They knew there was a certain point they could go to but any further would be crossing a line.
You claims are not supported by the indictment or press releases of the conviction and sentencing of Rudaj members.
http://www.usdoj.gov/usao/nys/pressrele ... dictpr.pdf
http://www.usdoj.gov/usao/nys/pressrele ... tionpr.pdf
http://www.usdoj.gov/usao/nys/pressrele ... cingpr.pdf
And yes, the article on the FBI's website (which I provided to you) does say made men were beaten up. But it also says the group is no more, which you don't believe. I can be forgiven for being skeptical when not a single made member of record has ever been cited anywhere.
The only club of record that had ties to the Luccheses was Stamatis. The only club of record that had ties to the Gambinos was Soccer Fever. Those other clubs have never been tied to any Mafia family. And you know damn well the Rudaj gang would never be capable of shaking down a Mafia family in New York. Once again, that's why they went after Greek clubs. But you just keep blowing everything up about Rudaj and his band of merry men to mythical proportions.
I know the number of people who were indicted as part of the Rudaj Organization, which law enforcement said was the bulk of the group. Furthermore, the FBI itself (in that article you like to bring up) says the group is no more. Looks like that one indictment did the job. Hardly a sixth family.
And it looks like you've been caught in another lie Johnny boy. Rudaj only met with acting Gambino boss Arnold Squitieri once - at the gas station. A meeting which Squitieri called. Who were the "highest members" of the other families that Collotti met with? Name them.
Fact #1 - the Rudaj Organization had no more than a couple dozen members at most.
Fact #2 - the Rudaj Organization was led by two former Gambino associates - Alex Rudaj and Nardino Colletti.
Fact #3 - the Rudaj Organizations' criminal operations consisted of a sports betting operation, a network of about 50 video poker machines, and some gambling clubs in parts of Westchester, the Bronx, and Queens.
Fact #4 - the top leaders of the Rudaj Organization were able to amount a reported $5 million+ in real estate property and other holdings, later confiscated and sold at auction after their conviction.
Fact #5 - the arrest of most of the members of the organization, as well as the convictions of the top six leaders, resulted in the group becoming defunct.
Fact #6- the Rudaj Organization lasted for only about a decade - from the mid-1990's to mid-2000's.
Needless to say, any objective observer can see they amounted much more to a gang than a sixth crime family.

if the gambinos had their boss, all their captains, consigliere, and underbosses taken down at one time, the gambinos would break down completely and the gambinos would be no more.

Faciulina wrote:if the gambinos had their boss, all their captains, consigliere, and underbosses taken down at one time, the gambinos would break down completely and the gambinos would be no more.
the gambino's would survive the same putting acting boss underboss and captains loool

Faciulina wrote:if the gambinos had their boss, all their captains, consigliere, and underbosses taken down at one time, the gambinos would break down completely and the gambinos would be no more.
the gambino's would survive the same putting acting boss underboss and captains loool

no they wouldn't actually. the soldiers wouldn't know what to do and when someone tried to step up to become boss and appoint a new regime, he will suffer from death attempts and other such things as everyone will rush to become in the new regime. the gambinos would be defunct.

Faciulina wrote:there would be confusion for a little while but after a couple of years and even less they would be completely functional


thewestside wrote:A new administration would be put into place, as well as new captains.



thewestside wrote:This is something that an upstart group, such as the Rudaj Organization, did not have and why they were dismantled in a single indictment.


thewestside wrote:Again, this is a pointless hypothetical argument because the entire hierarchy of a New York family would never be taken down at one time. That's why Johnny has to resort to hypotheticals.
And yet, the entire leadership of the Rudaj organization was taken down at one time by a single indictment. Which is just one of many reasons why they could not be considered a sixth family like Johnny claims.
Five Mafia families that have existed for the better part of a century in New York and we're all supposed to believe that some upstart Albanian group that didn't last for more than a decade equaled a sixth family.
But hey, it's all Johnny has right? It's why he has to go back and back to Rudaj over and over and over again. It speaks volumes that the Rudaj bust is the defining moment of Albanian organized crime in New York. Well, unless you want to go back to some obscure article about the so called "Balkan Connection" in the 1980's. Or unless you want to talk about some little known Albanian drug kingpin hiding out God knows where.

CheGuevara wrote:what the hell are you talking about you fvcking moron? i was talking about the five families. i wasen't even think of rudaj :S:S:S:S:S:S:S:S, i was talking about the fact that no mafia family would be able to rebuild if their entire regime was taken down.
it did equal a sixth family. not at a family that is comparable to the others. but as a minor, mini-family. but it was still big enough where the leaders of the organization met with only the highest members of the other families (boss, underboss, consigliereeeeee)
what on god's earth are you talking abotu again moron? gazmir gjoka's organization put rudaj's organization awayyyyyyyyyy by a longgggggggggggggg shot. and he was just recent. so now the balkan connection is obscure. your BS never stops. fu-- you, you idiot. you're just a pathetic excuse for life. you shouldn't live anymore at all. you have no right to have a brain. absolutely no right.

thewestside wrote:Of course you were. You were trying to say that the same thing that happened to the Rudaj organization would happen to a Mafia family in New York if it's entire leadership were taken down. But it's a stupid hypothetical because it would never happen. And it would never happen because the Mafia families are so much bigger, more complex, more integrated than Rudaj and his gang were. But it just goes to show that you have to resort to lame hypothethicals to try and draw parallels between the mob in New York and Rudaj.
Oh! So now it's a "minor, mini-family" huh? Well hell, you could say that about any number of smaller criminal enterprises in the city. They are all mini-families, so to speak. But you don't see people trying to side them up next to the five Mafia families. And as I've said before, there are larger and stronger non-Mafia organizations in New York worthy of being dubbed a "sixth family" than Rudaj and his gang were. They couldn't even come up with an original name for hell's sake.
And we've already addressed this whole claim about them meeting with other families. It appears Collotti met once with Lucchese consigliere Joe Caridi, probably after the Stamatis incident. And Rudaj met with Gambino acting boss Arnold Squitieri once after the Soccer Fever incident. That's it. But you talk like Rudaj was sitting down with the heads of all the families week in and week out as their equals, discussing policy, etc. Just more exaggerations from Johnny the fanboy!
That group was based out of New Jersey, not New York, though some of it's defendants lived in New York. And this was the first major Albanian bust in either state since Rudaj. It's like I keep saying, there are multiple huge busts like this, including ones far bigger, involving the Mafia in both New York and New Jersey each and every year. But it's only once in a while that we see a big bust like this involving Albanians which tells you something because they are obviously going to have the biggest presence in the Northeast than anywhere else in the U.S. So let's see here, in terms of major indictments, we had the Rudaj bust in 2004. We had the Operation "Black Eagle" bust in 2009. Maybe in another 5 years we'll see something else from the Albanians who are supposedly squeezing the Mafia out.

CheGuevara wrote:whoah, drawing parallels to compare two different groups about one subject. who does that!? why would it never happen to another family? i forgot, the italians are above indictment.
no other organization beat up made men, shut down lcn controlled clubs and held up the gambino boss at gun point and rudaj constantly called himself the don of the sixth family which is probably why the media picked up on that.
you don't know how many times they met you idiot! the source never stated how many times it happened. it said collotti would be sent to meet with the lcn, and then they gave an example. so don't give us you're own count of how many times it happened you fvcking italian criminal fanatic.
like i said, indictments don't mean a damn thing. it just shows albanian criminals are doing their job better than the italians both because they are much more aware of people and due to their language, strong culture ties, families in the groups, etc... are much harder to crack down on.

thewestside wrote:The parallels you draw is to try and compare the Rudaj organization to the Mafia, when there is no comparison. Rudaj wanted to be a sixth family, but he never came close.
Don't forget taking over John Gotti's old table at Rao's! Don't you see? The fact that you keep quoting this stuff only hurts your case about Albanians. Because it shows everyone that it's all you have to hang your hat on. And frankly, it's not that impressive. Even to this day, when the occassional news article discusses the new OC groups in New York and it comes to Albanians - they STILL go back to Rudaj. Do you know how pathetic that is? But like you, it's all they have. You'll be telling the Rudaj story years from now.
I know the way you phrase it is BS. They did not meet with all the heads of the five families. But you've claimed they did numerous times. This is just one reason why you have no credibility Johnny. You take a few basic facts - that Collotti met with one guy and Rudaj met with another - and then you exaggerate it way out of proportion. If you simply stuck to the facts, you would be better off. But you can't help but exaggerate the Albanians.
They mean everything. You have shown that yourself by almost blowing a load in your pants whenever a new case involving Albanians comes up. But, as I said, once it can be shown that Albanian indictments are only a fraction of Mafia indictments, then all of a sudden they don't mean anything. You really expect people to believe this? I don't think so. So then you resort to you own little theories, like Albanians are "doing their job better." Yeah, just like there is less cases in Europe involving the Albanians than the Italians because they are all protected by the KLA or whatever huh? Like I said, you'll come up with any hairbrained excuse rather than admit you overrate the Albanians.

CheGuevara wrote:actually, he did come close. hsi organization was growing and he seized control of many gambling spots and started challenging the mafia. if rudaj was able to operate for another 5 years. no telling what he would have done to the mafia. he probably would have dug up john gotti and danced with him in front of cnn.
like i said. gazmir gjoka was at least three times bigger than rudaj was at any point of his career. but of course, rudaj is all i have. do you hear yourself?
the source stated collotti would meet with lcn members. the source sitself stated collotti meetin and underboss and consigliere. rudaj met with the boss of the gambinos.
thevirginside claims collotti met once with a consigliere and rudaj once with a boss. downsizing?
like i said, if the fbi focused on albanians alone. turned all their force towards albanian organized criem, they still couldn't make as many albanian oc indictments as italian. impossible. the language and secrecy barrier is too much.
so now you have all italian and albanian indictments in europe as well? albanian oc is like a dinosaur next to a dog when you compare it to italian oc. the italian criminals simply cannot compete. you go on and on about italians controlling cocaine but you make it seem like controlling heroin is something worthless when heroin alone is worth twice what cocaine is in europe as a business. CLOWN.



thewestside wrote:This just shows how in denial you are. And the reasons you list prove you wrong - that he didn't come close to a New York Mafia family. Which is why you have to resort to another hypothetical! "If he had another 5 years." LOL!
Again, I was talking about New York. I have all the cases and names you've brought up regarding Albanian organized crime, as well as the ones that I've found through much better sources - not selective Google searches. It's hardly impressive. I still find more cases of Albanians working for the Mafia in New York than operating on their own there.
More like upsizing by you, you dipshit liar. This is all it says -
Colotti provided a connection to the traditional mob - whether to bargain[i] or deliver threats.
For instance, the Rudaj organization "took over from the Luchese family all of the gambling in Astoria in the summer of 2001," Treanor said.
At the time, the FBI videotaped Colotti meeting with Luchese consigliere Joseph Caridi, prosecutor Treanor said.
And after the Albanians shut down the Gambinos' Soccer Fever operation, the government observed Colotti meeting with Anthony Megale, acting underboss of the Gambino family[/i].
http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/new ... eds__.html
like i said, if the fbi focused on albanians alone. turned all their force towards albanian organized criem, they still couldn't make as many albanian oc indictments as italian. impossible. the language and secrecy barrier is too much.
More like their activity level and the threat they pose isn't that much.

CheGuevara wrote:at most, the guy amounted to half the colombos if even that. so he actually didn't come close. but he was gaining ground fast.
what are these websites where you get all your prime information from? and when you gonna lay the indictment comparisons for us?
Colotti provided a connection to the traditional mob - whether to bargain[i] or deliver threats.
For instance, the Rudaj organization "took over from the Luchese family all of the gambling in Astoria in the summer of 2001," Treanor said.
LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!
like i said, here they just gave us two examples. it doesn't mean they are isolated incidents
which is why they are taking over new york

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