Undercover in Canada: Infiltrating Hamilton Mob with Paul Manning

[@Day-ZDuke]

Right on, I lived in Hamilton for 20 years, there’s a long, long history of crime there. Hamilton’s geographical location makes it a key point for transport / logistics and trade, plus the amount of industry and shipping contribute to it as well

[@thoughtcriminal7571]

Mississauga was terrible with the mob stealing trailers. They stole a $1 million load of Revlon from us back in the ‘90s.

[@ryan9020]

Yep, Hamilton is a major hub for the italian mob. As a young guy, about 16 years old I decided to move to Hamilton (bottom of "the hill"). And let me tell you, walking down the street was like taking a scene out of "The Soprano's", where you'd have a deli with a few mobsters just sitting out front, shooting the gab. Nice guys though, to tell you the truth if you didn't know, you'd never know they were mobbed up - but that's just how it's supposed to be, isn't it?

[@Canadian_Skeptical]

@@ryan9020 they don't bother people without a reason.

[@alexcarson9638]

Hamilton is soft lol I’m jk I’m from welland 😂😂

[@ryan9020]

@@alexcarson9638 HAHAH that's priceless! I'm from Northern Ontario now, but did spend a couple years in Hamilton, bottom of the hill.. I've seen some shit go down. What seriously makes me laugh, is people have no clue how big the "mafia" or "mob" or better yet, "organized crime" is up here. The fact we have no RICO laws make it the wild west for these guys! They be raking in the money and when they get pinched it's house arrest for 6 months, 2 year jail sentence at a Northern Country CLub, shit like that.. lmao it's hillarious!

[@nagone11]

Scott..this was really terrific, an awesome interview..you're bringing it my man!

[@SoberDadHighOnLife]

You really hit it out of the park with this video!! What a story!! Thx for all your hard work and passion

[@jaymunday100]

Scott. Can you do a story on how Vito’s father was killed. The sane way he had one of the violis killed.

[@bobbywomack8262]

That was informative for sure. Would love to see more background on the case he worked.

[@andrewmiles1738]

Chris Clay is why London Ontario federal court only gave me.3 weeks in jail for 1.5 pounds of Kush andI I was in probation when they pinched me . I've only done a year in a half in London bucket for marijuana....I really genuinely am thankful for Chris Clay

[@wolfe5937]

Thanks Scott I look forward to your reporting cheers for ontario canada.

[@jcarter530]

Think this is my favourite interview so far

[@giacomelli90]

Born and raised in Hamilton , i recognize all the names, always found this subject to be ultra interesting

[@PhillipUndieme]

Coming up in The D in the late 60s and early 70s, I enjoy your takes and opinions. Keep it coming!

[@jamessteele394]

Really really enjoyed this one

[@Canadian_Skeptical]

Thanks Scott and Paul! I'm from Hamilton. I put this on my FB wall for my local friends to learn.

[@neenz2146]

Scott this is probably your best guest. Maybe because I’m from HAMILTON LOL

[@joeblough6701]

Mr. Manning is a solid individual, he was wronged by the Hamilton Police Service when he should've been protected better then he was. I met him at station#20 when he was just finishing up his recruit in-service training, I was working with Hamilton's Crowd Management unit, now known as The Public Order Unit. We were loading up our gear heading to Caribana to assist Toronto and the other agencies in the area to assist with monitoring the crowd and responding to calls for service at Caribana if needed. I didn't see him until a year and a bit later, when me, my partner (who was later arrested, charged and fired during that big steroid raid that involved multiple province wide agencies executing search warrants, and the goof I rode with informed suspects of the upcoming raids), and another shitty cop who should've also never been allowed to wear the uniform bumped into Mr. Manning coming out of the back of The Sandbar. I was still fairly new at the time, and let them take the lead. I didn't expect what was going to happen next. But they ended up threatening Manning with physic violence. Keep in mind I only had the pleasure of meeting Manning a year and a bit before. After he finished training, he was put into an undercover post. So when I saw him again he had a shaggy beard and long hair. As the two gear shifts I was with was saying they were going to thump, he called someone on his cell phone, and said Gary tell these guys to fuck off. That's when it clicked where I knew him from. As I said I know him, dispatch came over the air and told us to clear. I again said I knew him, and they both turned and tried to get aggressive with me and said why the fuck didn't you open your mouth and say something. I retorted why the fuck were you gonna beat the shit out of someone walking out a door, yeah Sandbar was a crack den, Wheels from degrassi high died there. I then grabbed my shit from the cruiser, and walked back to central station as it was adjacent to the parking lot of The Sand bar on King St., and Central is located on King William. Anyways as I was walking back to Central thru the parking lot, three men exited a minivan and called me by name. The Supervisor of the team had worked with my father as my Dad had been a Constable with hamilton for 31yrs. The supervisor asked me wtf happened, and I told him what was said. I then went back to the station and saw the s/sgt who was a complete fuckface and a dickhead who had partnered me with my partner that shift kind of like a punishment, he asked me how my night was, and I told him it sucked and I was going home. There are a lot of decent cops in Hamilton, who do the job for the right reasons, and there is a little herd of pieces of shit who I wouldn't leave a quarter or my dog with. Manning was an asset and he did make a difference, somebody didn't like the fact he was good at his job, and he deserved so much fucking better. I hope he is well, and I wish him the best.

[@10Seventy8]

I remember this and you. You were really uncomfortable with that interaction.

[@AndrewRobertson-kl4vi]

Write a book, why don't ya!

[@JustinFarkas-h4f]

I remember the sand bar. My dad died there too. I had no idea Wheels from Degrassi died there wtf?

[@joeblough6701]

@@10Seventy8 one of them got justice later on.

[@anthonyrobbins9778]

Terrific! IMO your up with there with Julian Sher, Marsden and Peter Edwards when it comes to Canadian OC. You should do a book on Canada!!

[@yingyang1875]

Crime exists at every port and every major City. Lowest of low to the highest of highs everyone breaks the law to get ahead even the police.

[@TheMilieu11]

It's too bad we can barely hear Manning. Probably would've been a fairly good interview.

[@piatdor]

This guys is horrible I don’t understand why all you people watch his videos. He’s completely clueless this entire interview. He keeps trying to finish buddy’s sentences liek he knows and the. Get corrected and looks like an idiot. Half his “ info for confidential informants or sources “ is completely WRONG. i live in Ottawa with family in montreal and Toronto in this scene. Buddy’s a joke and you morons eat it all up lol

[@roberthoffman162]

Live in Buffalo. Pretty under the Radar here.

[@theevilkiller9796]

I was a chef for the musitanos from 2010 to 2016

[@ryan9020]

Of course, leave it to a >Brit to call Canadians "boring". How dare you, sir! I question the credibility of most of the things this dude says in this video!

[@Canadian_Skeptical]

We don't sound boring from his description!

[@Tyler_Cooke]

Canadians are boring ...coming from a Hamiltonian/Niagara Guy who was born in Northern Ontario... He didn't mean it is a slight - he was more referring to our relatively small population and minimal violent crimes and gun violence from the perspective of a law enforcement guy who has seen several different western nations...the guy lives in Florida for Christ's sake - there's a school sh00ting every other month and over 10x the number of murd3rs...though, homicides and gun-vi0lence are on the rise like crazy in Canada these days

[@bennyb6071]

hamilton is a tough city, great guest

[@richardlindberg9700]

Excellent interview/episode. I’d love to see him do a series on a streaming service. It sounds like a it’s way too much for a movie. Really interesting, not very much on this region.

[@kattz753]

There's a reason why no one knows what you're you're talking about when you ask about Nergot. Standnick was known as Nugget in Hamilton. It goes back to high school. He always had1.- hash - nuggets of hash.

[@nathanmcpherson6856]

spelt his name wrong fool

[@nathanmcpherson6856]

wow bud stop talkin😊

[@Jordavanni]

@@nathanmcpherson6856 He’s not even white, he’s a slav commie from Ukraine, Wolodumir! Guy went to Hill Park in Hamilton, probably the first place in Hamilton where the queer flag was flown, look at it now!

[@amber062499]

Here as a friend of Paul ❤

[@Ba_Nana_Hammock]

Scott you should of asked if he could get you an autographed marty Robert pic to put on your nightstand

[@AndrewCsorba-i8z]

Hey this is repeat actually the English Man was a great guy but the old crew Jack read him big time but a great we loved him we stuck up for him here's the difference we never sold him out basically but we wanted to convert him to be with us however his loyalty to his occupation is commendable hopefully Paul see's this comment hopefully we can get together

[@10Seventy8]

Jesus Christ, Drew! I hope you're well.I've very rarely respond to these things, but I'll make an exception in your case. We were up on wires on everything. Still have recordings. You guys didn't have a clue. 'Tony the Butcher' was suspicious and of course Lou Malone had been warned off there was a UC working the street, which is why the HA stopped doing business with me, but even he wasn't sure it was me until he saw me in uniform years later. I'll give you an example. When you were renting out your apartment for bangers to cook up crack, for $50 a day...the police wanted to hit your place with a warrant. I stopped it, because you were more useful out than in...and I actually like you. I'd be happy to get together if Im ever back in town. Heard Frankie Papalia died, but know Rocky and Jackie still knocking around. I'll message you back here when Im next in town. Stay healthy.

[@AndrewCsorba-i8z]

You're the best I love you

[@wastedShaman]

Wooo, you went undercover trying to by seeds, great work. 😅

[@berryscott3590]

Hmmm... Haven't watched most of the vid yet... But obviously, if he said that (and I'll take your word for it), savvy street guys are gonna know, right away, he's not legit In the movie, 'Up and Smoke' (Yeah, I'm that old), Tommy Chong's character put it bluntly, 'Seeds, they can't bust you for seeds man.' xxx For the record, I'm from 'The Hammer'... The Sandbar... Railway Street... Cavel Street... The Aquarium Restaurant... Mario's Inferno, in Winona (Where they held, 'The Miss Nude World Pageant', back in the day)... That Wine-making supply shop, on Cannon, that's been in the news, more recently, and therefore shall remain nameless... There was also a place on Wentworth and Main, it's a Pita Place now, but back in the day... word is, the High Rollers Rolled... And the Cop's were in on it... xxx Hells Bells... I remember a place, in downtown Hamilton, called the Golden Cue... Where they used to play snooker, after hours, for $1,000 a game... Big bucks back in the Seventies... I was friends with one of the principal players (Not gonna mention his name)... World Class Men's Snooker Champ Cliff Thorburn (He of the 'Maximum Break' kzbin.info/www/bejne/hnaTn5JtnsSJgqc&pp=ygUYY2xpZmYgdGhvcmJ1cm4gMTQ3IGJyZWFr ) would make an appearance there, every now and again... Two of the world's very best female snooker players were regulars... One was the owner's daughter, and the other was a, shall we say, Big Boned gal named Sue... One was a former Canadian Women's Snooker Champ... The other was a former Women's World Snooker Champ... although I forget which was which... xxx 'This Thing (of Ours)...' is Not just an Italian thing... In the Golden Horseshoe, in particular, It's also a Portuguese thing, a Spanish thing... A Brantford Six Nations' Reserve and Ojibway, New Credit thing... A Fort Erie, St Kitt's, and Niagara Falls thing... An 'On the Waterfront' thing Organized Crime controls the docks, all along the entire Eastern Seaboard... Always have, insofar as I know... And that's why they have convenient terms like, 'Misdirected Freight'... What "Misdirected Freight' really means is... Even if you're a huge multi-national corporation (Big Corporations are Organized Crime, Ditto Privatized Central Banks - THE WORLD'S BIGGEST CRIME SYNDICATE)... 'YOU STILL HAVE TO GIVE US OUR CUT'... cause the Longshoremen, etcetera, are ALL OUR BOYS... Ergo, 'We Control the Docks' xxx Don't know about nowadays... But, back in the day, they put govt seals on the back of certain , designated, transport truck trailers... allowing truckers to drive across the Canada/US border without having their contents checked by Custom's agents .... Thing is, 'Those' Truckers knew (Trust Me) how to get at the most lucrative contents of their rigs WITHOUT Breaking those Govt Seals.. Pretty much a full-proof way, back in the day, for 'Misdirected Freight' to wind up in ... 'The RIGHT HANDS' (wink, wink) My understanding is that, various goods, electronics etc..., that went into one data base as 'Misdirected Freight' ... wouldn't appear, via their serial number, on any data base as 'stolen'... but came out as legit, and would even be honored with a manufacturer's warranty... Clearly, the manufacturers and those in control of the docks had a separate deal worked out, as was often the case with alcohol and tobacco, cutting out The Tax Man xxx In the words of the great Forest Gump: 'That's ALL I have to say about that...' PEACE OUT

[@zeddtbear]

Biggest gangsters are politicians

[@nickybohunicky3313]

And they are legal organized crime politicians

[@kidthump]

Who is "Mike the animal" from Buffalo?

[@supercarspecifics]

theres plenty to do in Canada, just not hamilton, hamilton is small town , but the big citys in Canada have lots to do so for dude to generalize the rest of canada is bs, im from vancouver and now live in toronto

[@ryan9020]

Right??? Right then and tbere, I made my decision this guy is/was a clown!

[@lomparti]

600k population with probably around 2m people within a 30 minute radius around Hamiton? Thats not small town bro

[@nathanmcpherson6856]

born an raised in the hammer good for u buddy😅😅

[@Kecker512]

Paul Manning is without doubt a boring goofball

[@chadthurston2923]

Sandbar was nothing

[@thoughtcriminal7571]

Scott, you mentioned WNY. You have done the research on Rochester. The A team, B team, C team, the bombs, Maddog Sullivan, etc. I grew up around it all. It’s always been a mess.:)

[@builderxx]

Not to mention the Greeks

[@karldanger44199]

What are your thoughts on the "Global intelligence agency" and Kim Groegen

[@vincenzoabbate4210]

Family violi in Italy Is very very very powerfull in Calabria...Is in society with Alvaro family...another powerfull family NDRANGHETA!!!!!...famili is ALVARO-VIOLI CLAN!!!...great content Scott and Paul!!!saluti dall'Italia 🇮🇹🙏🇮🇹🤌🇮🇹👑 ciao !!!

[@Maninthemiddle514]

from Mammola ?

[@vincenzoabbate4210]

@@Maninthemiddle514 whaaaat????😂

[@Maninthemiddle514]

@@vincenzoabbate4210 are you from Mammola?

[@vincenzoabbate4210]

@@Maninthemiddle514 sicily

[@vincenzoabbate4210]

@@Maninthemiddle514 sicily

[@dougross-s4r]

Scott i personally know Louie K9 Greg Birch havent seen since just after high school greg had a 70 chevelle 454 SS worth a lot then but now .ok i was with Lou at his family home one day and said hello i lived a block away on robins ave well gregs brother steve birch i knew and had more contact with the guys brothers killed lou chased lou around the hood that night i heard lou ran it to one of brothers in pool hall beat the shit outta him for being in the area i know nothing about lou shaking him down scott .scott i grew up with these guys from 1grade ffs

[@HardKnocks-pi7pc]

Birch was kicked out of HA in Bad Standing and had the shit kicked out him on the way out the door

[@jehsarabenuu8402]

😂😂😂 Oldest Masonic lodge is Hamilton boys 😂😂😂😂😂 Corrupt or organized genius 😏

[@omuerta7605]

Hamilton is stabcity the armpit of ontario... maybe even the sweaty taint

[@benallmark9671]

Screw this AH ! I hope some Canadian show him what’s up. Love ya Scott but this guy rubbed me the wrong way quickly.

[@leeoliver424]

Why?

[@nathanmcpherson6856]

wow

[@mm-ct1to]

Dis guy is a goof

[@dj_jansz]

He keeps ratting out his boys, he's a snitch, cops can be snitches too.

[@jehsarabenuu8402]

Lmfao #metoohamilton since 1982 to 2020 Paul what happened to Henry Don’t believe you I know more than you Always

[@derekgraziano9499]

Shhhh ...

[@ryan9020]

Oh wow, I just realized this guy is the same clown that tweeted Classified documents... Man, probably not the best person to pick for your YT algo.. But I appreciate your videos nontheless.. This dude is incredibly hard to believe though..

[@roccoviolijr3565]

His story is redundant, it's been ten years since he told it on social media…

[@JBR-d9x]

I heard Bobby panaro had the contract for this guy

[@patchirichiello4950]

What does this guy know about the mob . 0

[@TrevorLangley]

This dude said Toronto is 11/2 hr away from Hamilton, he sampling the evidence?

[@Domcel]

Today it can take that long or longer with the traffic and the Gardner under construction

[@MTL2z]

It basically is. Longer if traffic

[@lomparti]

Ya 1.5 hour bicycle ride LOL

[@TheRealTruth533]

Great unformative interview. Scott you need to visit Canada ( Montreal, Toronto & Hamilton). Thimgs are very serious up there. Very organized and structured.Bikers, Italian Mafia,Asian traids, south Asian ceime groups, Jamaicans, Haitians, Cartels and street gangs ( bloods & Crips(, Lebanese, etc,etc

[@dan27ep]

This guy has no clue what he’s talking. Very little is accurate.

[@MTL2z]

What did he get wrong?

[@amber062499]

Like what?