Albanian Boys
| Founded | {{start date and age|1981 |
|---|---|
| Founder | Vik Preni and Tony Preni |
| Named after | YBI Young Boys Incorporated |
| Founding location | Detroit, Michigan |
| Years active | 1981-1998 |
| Territory | Detroit, Hamtramck, Michigan |
| Ethnicity | Albanian American |
| Membership | 100-150 members |
| Leader(s) | Vik and Tony Preni founders |
| Activities | Gang violence Organized crime |
| Allies | YBI, Young Boys Inc. |
| Rivals | Anyone not YBI Young Boys Incorporated. KG-9 , 20/20, A-Team , Chain gang , eastside boyz Detroit, Mt. Elliot boys, 7 mile click click and many more |
The Albanian Boys, also known as the Albanian Bad Boys[1] or Albanian Boys Inc. were a gang of Albanians who operated in Detroit Michigan. The founders were 2, 10 year old Brothers , thats right. They were only 10 years old from Detroit Michigan. The Brothers are Sons of migrants from Kosova. Vik Preni and his Brother Tony Preni had friends in the most brutal , and biggest gang in Detroit called the YBI. Young boys incorporated. This is where the ABI, Albanian Boys incorporated was born in 1981. The ABI had nearly 100 loyal Albanian members in the streets of Detroit, mingling and doing business with the YBI. Young Boys inc. However in 1988 the Preni family moved to the Bronx for four years and came back to Detroit. This is how the ABI was then spread in the central Bronx.[2] The gang was not founded in the Bronx, New York in 1991.[3] but instead was founded in Detroit Michigan in 1981 by the Preni Brothers.
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YBI Young Boys Incorporated
[edit]ABI Albanian Boys Incorporated
- Rudaj Organization New York
- Albanian mafia
Notes
[edit]- ^ Jones, p.65-66
- ^ "Just Boys Being Boys, or Vicious Gangs?". The New York Times. January 16, 1992. Retrieved April 14, 2013.
- ^ Arsovska, Jana (2015). Decoding Albanian Organized Crime: Culture, Politics, and Globalization. University of California Press. pp. 109–110. ISBN 9780520282803.
References
[edit]- School of Social Administration University of Chicago Irving A. Spergel George Herbert Jones Professor. The Youth Gang Problem : A Community Approach: A Community Approach. Oxford University Press, 1995. ISBN 0195357868