Over the years the Albanians have been known to sometimes "work" with and ally to Calabrian and Puglia factions of the underworld in Southern Italy. I imagine this is due to the close geographic proximity of Albania to those regions in Italy.

In fact, certain ancient Albanian families have bloodlines that trace to Italian blood. This is another reason for some interaction between the groups. So although in America, specifically NYC, you will often read that Albanian and Italian factions are at odds with one another (which is completely true), back in Europe there is a sort of love-hate relationship that exists between them.