You gotta give credit where it's due, and today it's the New York Post. The paper dug up something interesting about a relatively minor Bronx politician and Albanian organized crime. Two guys who donated a few thousand bucks to Bronx Assemblyman Mark Gjonaj's political campaign in January landed under indictment this summer. The pair, Xhevat Gocaj and Martin Shkreli (no, not the infamous jerk. He apparently has a namesake.) were named in a federal indictment in July for money laundering, drug dealing, and arms sales--we're talking anti-tank rocket launchers and machine guns.
According to the Post article, the two were working at the behest of a guy named Andre Veliu. Veliu allegedly told people that his cousin was Alex Rudaj. I wonder if they actually are cousins.
Rudaj is supposedly the godfather of Albanian organized crime in New York. Sure looks interesting.