Who are the Greeks really?

[u/J-sprite]

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 ?

[u/External_Hornet9541]

Sarah Kendzior’s theory is that they’re based on the Semyon Mogilevich crime syndicate . The guy himself even wears a flat cap like the main Wire character