They have their own structure very clannish. Balkan crime groups, not only Albanians, have eschewed the top-down, territorial structure of cartels from Mexico and Colombia, working instead in small cells

The typical structure of the Albanian mafia is hierarchical. A family clan is referred to as a "fis" or a "fare." Families contain an executive committee known as a "Bajrak" and select a high-ranking member for each unit.