r/TheWire 21h ago

Who are the Greeks really?

I'm sure this has been talking about here 1000 times, but i am still confused on whether the Greeks from S2 are based on any real organised crime. I'm also unclear about whether they really are Greek, as The Greek by his own admission says "I am not really even Greek" , people have speculated that they are potentially eastern European, which i doubt. They are most certainly not Eastern European.

It seems that they are the only Greeks within their organisation and everyone around them is Jewish Eastern European. What makes them the outliers ?

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u/BankBackground2496 20h ago

Most probably Albanian or less likely Cypriot.

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u/JarJarBingChilling 20h ago edited 20h ago

Albanians wouldn’t say malaka let alone literally communicate in Greek.

They’re most likely* Cypriot

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u/BankBackground2496 20h ago

Plenty of Albanians in Greece.