I was home one day watching the local news and saw a video of a man robbing a bank. He robbed a couple of banks in broward county ( FL) I thought to myself " wow this looks like my friend Doug" that night I went to my other friends home and Doug was there. I told my friend " I think I saw Doug robbing a bank today' she laughed and called him into her room to tell him. I panicked and begged her not to. I knew he always had a gun on him. Well 2 months go by I get a call at 3am. My friend screaming that the FBI just raided her home and arrested Doug. He's still in jail 10 years later. I always think about what might have happened if she told him.
Wow that's an amazing story. Was your friend mad at you? Do you think he might not have been arrested if she'd told him or do you worry he'd have hurt you?
@@joemunkey after he was arrested he called us while we were at dinner one night and I told him. He told me he was happy nothing was said because he wasn't in his right mind. He said "I would have followed you home that night and tried to kill you so I'm glad you stopped her from telling me" I wanted to throw up after I got off the phone with him. My friend though was never mad at Me. More just shocked over the entire situation.
@@joemunkey thank you so much. 🙂 It's a cool conversation starter lmao!! I know someone who robbed 15 banks. You can look him up if you want. Just Google common joe bandit florida lol
Big red flag when some "bank robber" talks about going into the vault. That's Hollywood crap. Lets you know this speaker is either fake, or intentionally misleading the audience. The vault holds safe deposit boxes. Waste of time and effort. The ATM room is where the cash is, beyond what's in the teller bays and registers. MAYBE a counting room (usually behind the teller bay) but that's only if you happen to catch it at exactly the right time. ZERO reason for a robber to go into the vault in a bank robbery situation unless he/she really really likes to collect people's tax forms, birth certificates, and other random things requiring each and every little box to be broken into just to see what's inside. The moment this phony talked about going into the vault, you knew he was full of it. That's the kind of thing people say because they saw it in a movie and think it's legit.
I think its very strange that people are making such a big deal about the first guy. The way the mob works has been investigated and documented by cops for years. He isn't telling the public anything that the police don't know therefore the mafia won't care. Being a snitch requires information that isn't already know. He is in danger be he is a suspected snitch but not for explaining how the family works; he is suspected of giving information that they DON'T have.
He looked soft. Most made guys are just low life thugs who can barely stitch 2 words together above the junior high school level. But because they are psychopaths they got made and moved up in the family.
The bank robber seemed to lie a lot . Found a lot of what he said hard to believe like he was better at fine polishing his story than recalling his crimes
The Hells Angels story imo will always be my favorite out of all of them. I kinda wish there were more videos where you'd have each side of a certain case/story, the criminal and the cop/detective/fbi's side.
I find it funny cuz it seems like he's grouping all 1%ers as criminals 😂 they're 1%ers due to not being involved with the AMA (American motorcycle association). That doesn't mean you're runnin guns or drugs or whatever
The last guy, the Art Forger, is my absolute favorite. He seems like a living anachronism straight from a time machine or a Dicken's novel. "The paintin is 3 weeks old, and its dated 1787, Innit?" Only in England could an art forger wind up doing hard time!
Haven't got that far yet, but can't wait. I used to do copies. Copied art that is legally sold as a copy. Mine were Japanese watercolors. I only did two pieces, Whisteria Woman Bathing, and the Fan Maker. It's amazing how much love and respect you have for an artist and their method, when you fake it. You can't forge art without loving the artist. Must be a strange way to do crime.
@@robertmaybeth3434 Well, I can copy what I'm looking at, but forgers, have a real sense of history, recreating historic methods of pigment and fabric prep. I've tried doing that and failed. Although I did once get hired by a mural artist to copy his style of work, so he could go spend the day drinking with his buddies. That was the only time forging a work so it passed as the work of the actual painter, but it was at his request. Makes you wonder about some of the old masters, doesn't it?
I have always held the belief that illegal business like mafias, gangs or cartels would slowly die out if we legalized the stuff they sell, that might lead to some dangers with an increase in drug use or corruption, but it absolutely will drive violent crimes down cause there is no incentive to fight for ground to sell when you dont have buyers.
@@isjaki8940Oh, 120%! But that would also mean that “the war on drugs”, would no longer make the government money, either through seized assets, or slave labor in private prisons.
@@isjaki8940haha i just came from the video on drug trafficking in this series and everyone featured in it says that this is exactly the way to actually combat drug trafficking and bring down violence.
The bank robber guy is fascinating. He's very good at telling a story, saying what he's thinking, why he's doing certain things. Seems like a smart guy. Also seems like a very caring person.
What i'd like to know is if he admitted to robbing a 100 banks. How is he free? I'm at mad about? Daddy seems like an actually decent guy. But what deal did he cut to where he's out now?
that bank robber seems like a genuinely great person, even the recognition of the pregnant lady is so amazing to me, and the story with the FBI agent is oddly heartwarming.
He mentioned for his 1st bank, he pulled into a plaza in Calabasas CA in 1999, looking for a place to piss. There was a Chase Bank across from a Wells Fargo. The thing is that prior to 2008, all the JP Morgan Chase Bank branches in California were Washington Mutual. As a matter of fact, JP Morgan Chase, as we know it now, didn't exist prior to 2000. In 2000, Chase Manhattan Bank acquired JP Morgan Co and rebranded as JP Morgan Chase. Then in 2008, JP Morgan Chase acquired Washington Mutual Banks and that's when Chase came to California, if I'm not mistaken.
@@G3NK5T42you just won’t let this go. Maybe he misspoke of forgot what banks they were. It was 20 years ago. He obviously did this seein as he got charged for it
@@Buddystemz dude, why are you getting all triggered? Calm down. How about this. How about you provide me a link to a court case or conviction report or police record, etc.
Yea it's not an anti gun thing it's a we drink and some do drugs and we like to go crazy and get Into fights also most MCs it's only associates and prospects full patches guys can carry in the clubhouse unless they have a vote to not allow someone to carry maybe crazy charlie likes to drink a 5th and do deal pops so we as a club vote you do t get to have guns
I don't think that's the main reason for it... You understand that person was talking about a place where they had the entire gang at, including leaders, and this dude was just an associate -- why should they trust that Associate A wouldn't have some purpose to kill their leader? I'm highly certain that's why; because they don't trust him. Not because they don't want guns at all in there. Look at the leadership inside; I'm certain they have guns in there.
@@russiachinanorthkoreastatetv That too, but still doesn't supplant the point that criminalization leads to making criminals where none existed before.
The guy from the London Gangs portion was the most interesting in my opinion. His view on crime and what causes it needs to be discussed much more, especially the part about how the war on drugs funds these gangs.
it doesn't just fund them. The FBI needs a way to fund there illegal activity's with out asking money from the government because there need to explain why they need the money. If they sell drugs they don't need to ask or tell what they are doing.
For most social problems, we know the cause and solutions. But other factors, from those who benefit opposing them to opposing the solutions for other philosophical reasons. Violence? Violence in a society directly correlates with level of economic disparity. (Not just poverty, its the gap between rich and poor.) Drug addiction/overdose/etc? Legalize all drugs and treat addiction as a medical health condition. Child abuse? Almost all child abuse is committed by parents or adults the child knows and trusts. Education and empowerment of children prevents it and stops it. Teen pregnancy, STDs, etc? Comprehensive sex ed taught before its needed. Education? Center every class around critical thinking and active discussion. Often the solutions are known and even practiced in other parts of the world successfully, but ideology and corrupt interests step in and perpetuate suffering. For example, Portugal decriminalized all drugs in 2001 and it has been phenomenally successful. But in many places, they are so eaten up with a mindset that gaining pleasure from substance use is a moral failing and joyful in their moral superiority that they'd rather lose their children to overdoses or spend their life rotting in prison than give it up.
Idk I'm the curious sort, I'd probably pick their brains for hours about the inner workings of organized crime, while completely trying to avoid their pasts. The stuff you could learn from these guys could be useful one day.
The ATF didn't just "let thousands of guns walk across the border", they directly coerced, threatened and strong-armed people into, selling the guns, buying the guns and dealing with the cartel. Some of them were just vulnerable FFLs (Firearm Dealers) who were told that if they didn't sell 20 AR15's to the person coming in at 3PM, they were going to take their license, arrest them and confiscate all their merchandise. Essentially, "Sell all these guns to this shady guy or we'll ruin your entire life". But hey when you have a track record of burning dozens of children and women to death, shooting pregnant women and killing so many dogs it's become a meme, it's just par for the course. They do absolutely nothing beneficial for this country or the people in it, the agency shouldn't exist at all and has mutated into something unrecognizable from it's originally stated purpose. It's full of the worst of the worst and needs to be completely deconstructed.
It’s honestly “better” for them to speak out more.. because if they end up being killed it would be easier to put people in jail.. of course it doesn’t mean they can just walk around anywhere.. some are still marked and they have to be careful
I mean it's really either that or an associate - I have friends in Outlaw clubs and they're very normal, so long as you mind your business. If youre out good then there's no reason to go around trashing your friends, or speaking when you don't know
This was really eye opening about the extent of corruption in the MET. I had no idea they had they had cops on their payroll who weren't openly involved in corruption
I think it varies in some cases they made be more actively involved in assisting (like acting as a spotter/look out using police radio during home robberies in upscale towns), in other cases accepting bribes to look the other way/tip them off if they are under investigation.
sure, but first tell me what club you were in and how long. Next tell me are you a law officer. Then tell me how high you were ranked. Then maybe we can talk. I don't need your examples. I lived it. If you want to tell me the differences in the 1%er clubs you saw on UA-cam or some documentary .Forget it.There are differences within the club in the charters(Chapters) themselves. Its more a way to meet contacts. Brotherhood happens, but its mostly contacts. So put up or shut up.
The young man that spoke about gangs in the UK was so compelling to listen to! For one so young, it seems like he has his feet firmly planted on the ground. His head and heart are definitely in the right place. And with a name like Omar Sharif, how can he lose! 😊😊😊😊😊
Having grown up right near Sturgis SD where the largest motorcycle rally in the world happens every year, I’ve interacted with many hells angels. From the associates to full patched members and I’ve gotta say they’re outwardly very normal, very humble, seemingly good guys. I had a beer during sturgis with one guy who was full patched and we were just talkin bikes for like an hour and he handed me his business card and told me it was his business number and if I ever needed anything to just call and even if he didn’t remember me the fact I had the number would be proof I was in good. He also told me to either never let it go or burn it and forget it because if that number got out there’d be trouble. So I held onto it. Sits in my wallet. I hope I never need that favor.
Working in customer service, I've found that you have better odds of having a pleasant interaction with Hell's Angels than you do with any man older than 60.
Its a bit annoying when you're not watching the video and prefer to just listen to it in the background like a podcast... Hopefully they make it less frequent in the future videos.
The first time I watched the Jay Dobyns video, I purchased his book right away. Can't say I have had that same feeling with any other plug in a video so far.
the brother of the murdered detective ripping the vape at 1:36:27 because he's stressed and is talking about a sensitive topic is oddly wholesome and amusing to me, hahahaha. get all of it, old timer. salute
It’s crazy, you don’t even need to smuggle guns anymore, just a room full of 3D printers, a single metal machining station and a team of guys to put them together, you can get thousands of guns for the same price as hundreds at this point, a plastic-kov does only have 1k shots before it breaks but it’s so much cheaper than an AK
If prohibitions had even a chance of being effective, we would have learned about it OVER 100 YEARS AGO. If "mass casualty event" shooters WERE NOT actually fed agents or agitated by feds, they would start using much safer, much more effective, and much more economical methods to guarantee much larger death tolls. But the FBI can't ban household chemicals so it's shootings instead. FBI lied to get us into war in the middle east, and has been busted as early as the 50s subverting, extorting, blackmailing, assassinating, or setting up Malcolm X for assassination by the Muslim brotherhood..... Wikipedia/COINTELPRO
If a gang started making their own weapons, they’d likely be using better materials. Much faster and more reliable to just mill guns with metal parts, and potentially cheaper
The fella talking about gang culture and what he has been through to where he is now is fantastic, he is so well articulated and can tell that he is sincere and can project a positive light to those that would be walking in his foot steps. When I was younger and was caught up in partying and constantly breaking the law instead of being sat down with police, councilors, shrinks and get scared straight programs with middle aged women and men with no idea of the real world who probably have a degree in something unrelated having someone such as himself who has actually been through the dirt would have had a MASSIVE impact. Its time for the useless systems our governments impose to change.
The question is, was the Chase there back in 1999? Considering that in 2008, Chase came to California after JP Morgan Chase acquired Washington Mutual. Also, JP Morgan Chase didn't exist in 1999. In 2000, Chase Manhattan Bank acquired JP Morgan Co and rebranded as JP Morgan Chase.
a couple interesting observations: we mainly get detailed crime stories like this from the 90’s and early 2000’s bc the new age of organized crime hasn’t been caught yet. even with this torrent of insider info, it really doesn’t mean much in the grander scale of 10-20 years from now. personally, my mind is already blown imagining what guys like this cooked up to get away with it, so it’s like the 4th of july imagining what the current bosses are might be up to. second observation is that most of the former criminals being interviewed seem to have a similar stance on the general idea of crime for profit, and i genuinely can’t tell if it’s bc of the interviewers feeding lines or just bc that’s the natural conclusion that these men have witnessed to a life like this. i fully believe it’s possible to play the game and get out unscathed, the issue is choosing the right game and being good enough to stay under any imaginable radar. seriously, you can get cooked if even the wrong store clerk or parking attendant catches on to your routine
We know what modern organised crime groups do. Ransomware and other forms of online scams are one recent additions, but the most profitable niche they have is still drugs. The only gangsters who appear on stuff like this have been caught and done years in prison, which is why there’s no stories from the last few years, and I guess explains their stance on crime as well
As an Irish person listening to the stories of UK police racism I feel personally traumatized just listening to accounts of police racism! Typically British racism targets Irish working class people as well as Black and brown people. It is so essential to train the cops because they will not change without real training. Wonderful video, thank you.
@@oooooooo2470 I’m not offended. Just annoyed. Something a lot of people confuse nowadays. When I watch a doc on crime, I don’t wanna hear about how someone feels the police were mean to them. Especially when they are one of the most cucked police forces in the world, that drive around with rainbow cars and arrest people for saying mean things. It’s laughable.
This ex-mafia guy doesn't implicate any specific persons, he describes criminal organisations that no longer exist, or rather don't reflect any current organisations. Everything he says at most implicates only himself in criminal activity but I would guess all of that is in the past and has already been prosecuted by law enforcement. You'd hope that his statements wouldn't be worth getting murdered for, murder is a serious crime that gets seriously investigated. If he was currently a witness for any criminal case he would not be appearing publicly on UA-cam. He's fine
Honestly ... that informant guy really is a piece of work. How can you commit crime, have it recorded, shi7 on your families safetly like that and anyone around you, and piss on all those people that you probably ended up caring for. IMO... he went out of his way to be a monster.
“so when you have an organization that no longer follows its own rules, it weakens the organization.” Every government that’s ever existed, and will exist. Stand up guys don’t last forever… remember that.
It's not even whole charters doing crime in most cases. its connections. You want to keep your treasurer pretty clean due to him having the bank accounts for the charter. You end up with people who do what you do, clean or dirty. How you make your money is your business.
Yea I know exactly how it feels. I get it daily. And even when I'm home the constantly ride back and forth in front of my house just because they want me to see what they're doing. And when a car leaves my yard before it makes it a couple block from my house that car is pulled over. No matter what time of day or night it is. It's almost like they have someone watching my house 24/7 and let's them know the moment something leaves my house
My ex robbed a bank. I got a phone call from a county jail North from me in PA, and he said "I messed up..." What happened was actually hilarious and SO lazy. He sent his girlfriend into the bank with a note while he stood around outside. I saw the video, she came running out and when he saw her he took OFF! She was trailing him by about 15 feet the whole video; it's so like him to leave the girl in the dust, having done his dirty work. That was in 2014; he's still upstate.
this dudes awesome for infiltrating the mesa angels. i’ve seen how crazy and dangerous that club can be. i’ve been with victims when things happened. it’s scary asf. i wouldn’t mess with him at all.
2:17:00 When he showed the wilko can I lost it. Today I have been to Wilko buying some stuff, and it was the first time I was there that they were on administration sale.
The UKs recoord for solving murders relate to the relatively lower numbers, the geographical smallness, relatively lower amounts of guns, higher density amounts of law enforcement, different legal system that favors law enforcement, less appeals, more rights to people who commit crimes, etc. So, it's no miracle in anyway.
If you are out in bad standings, all club items go back to the club. You either black out your tats, or get them burned or cut off. All property belongs to the club.
Blackout isn't usually an option.... tell me you watch soa too much without telling me you watch soa too much.... -midwest non discriminatory bartender.
It seems that the story of how the British police unlawful and severely prejudice actions are still unchanged. It is absolutely outrage. Cross my mind that maybe that’s why they publicly/internationally put so much media focus on that imperial family so that other people don’t look or realize what’s happening behind the curtains to the citizens of the country. Very unfair actions are happening to the civilians, its being done by their law enforcement, and other systems . B.O.R.
It’s crazy how you can barley understand most former gangsters from the US cause of slang . But the the brit was like talking to a well mannered gentlemen😂
US slang is definitely mumbled.. that’s something I honestly hate and I lived in a hood.. even though I do still speak very broken English when I’m not at work lol
Assume you mean the young ex~street banger at 52:10?! I'm joking, of course, but tbf, he _was_ well spoken, esp. compared to your usual (kof!) 'roadmen', or wannabe BrickTop types! I'm assuming you're talking about the forger, since apart from Mr. Sharif, all the Brits shown were either civilians or speaking (more - or - less) from the other side of the equation... and yeah, I wouldn't disagree with you! Having said that, I think only Americans would imagine he 'talks posh' (by his own admission, he was hardly born with a silver spoon in his mouth) but I wouldn't knock him for that; 'well mannered gentleman', indeed. Sadly, about as old school as they come (he reminded me of a character you'd have found in an episode of that old '60's/early '70's show 'The Saint', or an Agatha Christie novel). Nowadays, some scrote giving it all "Wot's your farkhin' problem, Wankah?!" or some "Ja~fakin' " nonsense is more par for the course...
Interesting conversation, i came to believe that you are born with your character and learn other character traits as you experience life which are not always yourself.
Gun smuggling guy: spends a large chunk of time explaining how gun sales in the USA are the primary supplier of guns to the cartels. Also gun smuggling guy: I don't see how stopping gun sales in the USA would help. (yes, yes, he also mentioned guns being stolen from army bases. What ratio do you think the sales:army theft is? It ain't even close to 1:1)
He means other sources would pick up the slack. We're talking about multi billion dollar organizations. Supply and demand. And I'd say the ratio is probably not far from 1:1 Mexico is notoriously poor and corrupt and so are all their neighbors to the south. Just like how the failed war on drugs is driven by supply and demand so is this
Easy way to tell if someone is a corrupt cop. They're a cop. That is all you need to know. The likelihood they're not, is pretty slim. Especially if they've been in for more than a few years.
@@angelicpretty777you're definitely the type of person that'll do 120 down the highway in an active construction zone, clip a construction worker, jump three lanes without looking and a turn signal cutting someone off causing them to crash, while smoking weed, and then claim the cops a dick just trying to harass you for no reason after he pulled you over and you flipped him off calling him a pig while spitting on him.
What happened to the Mafia, I believe, is got to Americanized. Those old school members died off and along with it their values went with them, sadly, again just my belief...
It was always Americanised in the US, except the first generation of immigrants. The actual mafia is the biggest organised crime group in the world, bigger than either the Chinese triads or the Mexican and Columbian cartels. They’ve basically gone to war with the army in the past, and they’re on a completely different level. They do business with the Americans, but they’re not really affiliated and don’t have much in common.
A friend of mine was formerly associated with this stuff. He said the sopranos was way more accurate than something like the godfather. Loosely associated people doing various crimes, making sure the local boss got a cut.
The UK guy is so desperate to have the government regulate everything and make sure everything is 'safe' that it's sickening. It's very typical for someone from Britain but my God when will the people like him learn? Making speech and household items like knives illegal will NOT solve the crime dude.
Robbing banks is the most dangerous and has the least payoff of any crime. In the U.S. 1 bank robbery charge will get you 25 years of hard time even if your had no prior record.
Prior to 2008, all the Chase Banks in California were Washington Mutual Banks. JP Morgan Chase didn't become a thing until 2000 when Chase Manhattan acquired JP Morgan Co and rebranded as JP Morgan Chase. So, if his so-called first bank robbery was in 1999 in Calabasas CA, how could he pull into a plaza where there was a Chase Bank and Wells Fargo across from each other? Am I missing something?
I looked it up, and basically you're wrong. JP Morgan Co merged with chase in 2000. Chase was a separate entity before then with its own banks. JP Morgan Chase then acquired Washington Mutual in 2008, and converted their banks to Chase. So basically, the dude robbed Chase when they werent part of JP Morgan yet
There's this other UA-camr who left the crime family and has mentioned he is not allowed in NY cause he'll be in danger. His in witness protection so he's safe outside that area. In his case he is witness protection so he can talk about it. He reviews mafia scenes in movies. Michael is his name.
Sayce Holmes-Lewis seems like a really eloquent, knowledgeable and polite guy. Really amazing when you think what he’s been through. I take my hat off to you sir 👏🏻
Pennisi shares some general pedestrian knowledge about the Mafia that’s already known, but he’s notoriously very bitter against the Mafia. He’s been out of the life for almost 12 years, so he really doesn’t know what’s going on today. I follow The Mafia closely. He’s trying to tone it down, likely out of fear or just bitterness, but the current Mafia has tons of political power, and way more power than he’s leading people to believe. They’ve built back up rather strong over the past 10-15 years. They have judges, lawyers, politicians, and even some Feds in their back pockets
Every few years you hear about mafia busts in NYC still. I'm wondering if the Mafia's power diminished in terms of "street power" so to speak. Given the increase in surveillance technology (general as well), competition from other un/organized crime, maybe the share of the pie has decreased?
Their perception of strength is a big predictor of their actual strength, and the perception in most places is that they're not gone and not nobody, but they're not the Mob anymore. More like a particularly powerful country club.
They really do have unlimited fund's......the money they seize all goes bk in2 them. Plus the drug's n gun money 💰 that they funnel bk in. Hang over fist, money 4 a life time. Only small amounts gets burnt.... seriously all 4 the cameras!!!! TRUST 'N' BELIEVE 💯
The Italian mafia is the biggest and wealthiest organised crime group in the world, more so than the triads, the cartels, everybody - but not the American counterpart. It was never on the same scale in the US, and really does seems to be on the way out now (the US mob, not the actual Italian mafia which is thriving unfortunately)
I was home one day watching the local news and saw a video of a man robbing a bank. He robbed a couple of banks in broward county ( FL) I thought to myself " wow this looks like my friend Doug" that night I went to my other friends home and Doug was there. I told my friend " I think I saw Doug robbing a bank today' she laughed and called him into her room to tell him. I panicked and begged her not to. I knew he always had a gun on him. Well 2 months go by I get a call at 3am. My friend screaming that the FBI just raided her home and arrested Doug. He's still in jail 10 years later. I always think about what might have happened if she told him.
Wow that's an amazing story. Was your friend mad at you? Do you think he might not have been arrested if she'd told him or do you worry he'd have hurt you?
@@joemunkey after he was arrested he called us while we were at dinner one night and I told him. He told me he was happy nothing was said because he wasn't in his right mind. He said "I would have followed you home that night and tried to kill you so I'm glad you stopped her from telling me" I wanted to throw up after I got off the phone with him. My friend though was never mad at Me. More just shocked over the entire situation.
@@alexacdjr wow. Crazy story. Glad you're okay
@@joemunkey thank you so much. 🙂 It's a cool conversation starter lmao!! I know someone who robbed 15 banks. You can look him up if you want. Just Google common joe bandit florida lol
Big red flag when some "bank robber" talks about going into the vault. That's Hollywood crap. Lets you know this speaker is either fake, or intentionally misleading the audience. The vault holds safe deposit boxes. Waste of time and effort. The ATM room is where the cash is, beyond what's in the teller bays and registers. MAYBE a counting room (usually behind the teller bay) but that's only if you happen to catch it at exactly the right time.
ZERO reason for a robber to go into the vault in a bank robbery situation unless he/she really really likes to collect people's tax forms, birth certificates, and other random things requiring each and every little box to be broken into just to see what's inside. The moment this phony talked about going into the vault, you knew he was full of it. That's the kind of thing people say because they saw it in a movie and think it's legit.
I think its very strange that people are making such a big deal about the first guy. The way the mob works has been investigated and documented by cops for years. He isn't telling the public anything that the police don't know therefore the mafia won't care. Being a snitch requires information that isn't already know. He is in danger be he is a suspected snitch but not for explaining how the family works; he is suspected of giving information that they DON'T have.
The NYC mafia guy looked exactly as I would imagine him to lol
Well, you DO have to be full-blooded Italian... and I don't know how many of them are left in Long Island.
He also sounds exactly as I would image
He was also def a rat. They don't come about those accusations lightly, they followed him and he talked to someone.
Joey's father?
He looked soft. Most made guys are just low life thugs who can barely stitch 2 words together above the junior high school level. But because they are psychopaths they got made and moved up in the family.
great series, but that stupid film projector sound literally every 60 seconds, after almost every statement started driving me crazy
Exactly
I came here to make that exact comment!
omg yes ! @charleswhite758
Soooo annoying!
Same. It’s jarring and unnecessary
Perfect timing. Wells Fargo commercial during the crime family video. It fit right in
Especially since they are the biggest criminals in game.....
I think there was an add for everything you can think of lol.
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Interesting and nice not to have such a sensationalized version of the subject. No drama music! The bankrobber seemed very normal.
indeed oh my goodness, what a relief to not be blasted with music and be able to focus on the words.
The bank robber seemed to lie a lot . Found a lot of what he said hard to believe like he was better at fine polishing his story than recalling his crimes
@@ABitefLife he's a sociopath, reminds me of my ex. whos in prison for fraud
@@ABitefLife I agree 100%
How are they supposed to act?
The Hells Angels story imo will always be my favorite out of all of them. I kinda wish there were more videos where you'd have each side of a certain case/story, the criminal and the cop/detective/fbi's side.
In order to be a full patched member if the information online is true then he will have had to take part in club orgies ..bet them were grim
Original Gangsters Podcast on UA-cam covers outlaw biker clubs all the time
Original Gangsters podcast, Grid Sparta, and vegas profile stories do a lot of 1% MC stories
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I find it funny cuz it seems like he's grouping all 1%ers as criminals 😂 they're 1%ers due to not being involved with the AMA (American motorcycle association). That doesn't mean you're runnin guns or drugs or whatever
The last guy, the Art Forger, is my absolute favorite. He seems like a living anachronism straight from a time machine or a Dicken's novel. "The paintin is 3 weeks old, and its dated 1787, Innit?" Only in England could an art forger wind up doing hard time!
Haven't got that far yet, but can't wait. I used to do copies. Copied art that is legally sold as a copy. Mine were Japanese watercolors. I only did two pieces, Whisteria Woman Bathing, and the Fan Maker. It's amazing how much love and respect you have for an artist and their method, when you fake it. You can't forge art without loving the artist. Must be a strange way to do crime.
@@Hollylivengood Amazing story alright, obviously you have real talent of your own if you are good enough to actually copy a master work.
@@robertmaybeth3434 Well, I can copy what I'm looking at, but forgers, have a real sense of history, recreating historic methods of pigment and fabric prep. I've tried doing that and failed. Although I did once get hired by a mural artist to copy his style of work, so he could go spend the day drinking with his buddies. That was the only time forging a work so it passed as the work of the actual painter, but it was at his request. Makes you wonder about some of the old masters, doesn't it?
#4 was so right in pointing out gangs thrive off of drugs being illegal
I have always held the belief that illegal business like mafias, gangs or cartels would slowly die out if we legalized the stuff they sell, that might lead to some dangers with an increase in drug use or corruption, but it absolutely will drive violent crimes down cause there is no incentive to fight for ground to sell when you dont have buyers.
@@isjaki8940Oh, 120%! But that would also mean that “the war on drugs”, would no longer make the government money, either through seized assets, or slave labor in private prisons.
@@isjaki8940yeh make heroin and meth legal. That won’t lead to a dystopian nightmare whatsoever
@@isjaki8940haha i just came from the video on drug trafficking in this series and everyone featured in it says that this is exactly the way to actually combat drug trafficking and bring down violence.
their entire drug dealer episode does this well too
The bank robber guy is fascinating. He's very good at telling a story, saying what he's thinking, why he's doing certain things. Seems like a smart guy. Also seems like a very caring person.
What i'd like to know is if he admitted to robbing a 100 banks. How is he free? I'm at mad about? Daddy seems like an actually decent guy. But what deal did he cut to where he's out now?
@@Ipo_Ooped_Maself Guy must’ve had Saul Goodman as a lawyer or something
Very smart overthinker...
that bank robber seems like a genuinely great person, even the recognition of the pregnant lady is so amazing to me, and the story with the FBI agent is oddly heartwarming.
"Over 100 banks between 1999 and 2001." That's about one per week.
By the way he was talking he seemed like he was good for multiple per week if need be.
He mentioned for his 1st bank, he pulled into a plaza in Calabasas CA in 1999, looking for a place to piss. There was a Chase Bank across from a Wells Fargo.
The thing is that prior to 2008, all the JP Morgan Chase Bank branches in California were Washington Mutual.
As a matter of fact, JP Morgan Chase, as we know it now, didn't exist prior to 2000.
In 2000, Chase Manhattan Bank acquired JP Morgan Co and rebranded as JP Morgan Chase.
Then in 2008, JP Morgan Chase acquired Washington Mutual Banks and that's when Chase came to California, if I'm not mistaken.
@@G3NK5T42you just won’t let this go. Maybe he misspoke of forgot what banks they were. It was 20 years ago. He obviously did this seein as he got charged for it
@@Buddystemz dude, why are you getting all triggered?
Calm down.
How about this. How about you provide me a link to a court case or conviction report or police record, etc.
@@G3NK5T42 I could give two shits. You’re the one constantly commenting about how you solved this mystery and it’s a fake story.
it is amazing how even Hells Angels say "no, you can't bring in weapons where we socialize"
Because they all know they are crazy and have no moral filters at all and sooner or later someone loses temper.
Yea it's not an anti gun thing it's a we drink and some do drugs and we like to go crazy and get Into fights also most MCs it's only associates and prospects full patches guys can carry in the clubhouse unless they have a vote to not allow someone to carry maybe crazy charlie likes to drink a 5th and do deal pops so we as a club vote you do t get to have guns
Guns and alcohol do not mix.
Y'all watch to much tv/ movies.....
I don't think that's the main reason for it... You understand that person was talking about a place where they had the entire gang at, including leaders, and this dude was just an associate -- why should they trust that Associate A wouldn't have some purpose to kill their leader? I'm highly certain that's why; because they don't trust him. Not because they don't want guns at all in there. Look at the leadership inside; I'm certain they have guns in there.
The lesson I take from all of this is that when you criminalize drugs, then criminals will be in charge of drugs.
By "criminals" you mean those in Government, right?
Or maybe it’s just the natural laws of supply & demand & the human nature to want to feel good & have money & power that drives everything.
@@russiachinanorthkoreastatetv That too, but still doesn't supplant the point that criminalization leads to making criminals where none existed before.
If only people would start understanding this is 100% unilaterally applicable to prohibition of any goods, items, weapons, or even data
@@DeadXManXsXStare Pretty much, which is why regulation and education are usually better tools for managing issues than prohibition..
The guy from the London Gangs portion was the most interesting in my opinion. His view on crime and what causes it needs to be discussed much more, especially the part about how the war on drugs funds these gangs.
it doesn't just fund them. The FBI needs a way to fund there illegal activity's with out asking money from the government because there need to explain why they need the money. If they sell drugs they don't need to ask or tell what they are doing.
It's common knowledge, look at portugal.
For most social problems, we know the cause and solutions. But other factors, from those who benefit opposing them to opposing the solutions for other philosophical reasons. Violence? Violence in a society directly correlates with level of economic disparity. (Not just poverty, its the gap between rich and poor.) Drug addiction/overdose/etc? Legalize all drugs and treat addiction as a medical health condition. Child abuse? Almost all child abuse is committed by parents or adults the child knows and trusts. Education and empowerment of children prevents it and stops it. Teen pregnancy, STDs, etc? Comprehensive sex ed taught before its needed. Education? Center every class around critical thinking and active discussion.
Often the solutions are known and even practiced in other parts of the world successfully, but ideology and corrupt interests step in and perpetuate suffering. For example, Portugal decriminalized all drugs in 2001 and it has been phenomenally successful. But in many places, they are so eaten up with a mindset that gaining pleasure from substance use is a moral failing and joyful in their moral superiority that they'd rather lose their children to overdoses or spend their life rotting in prison than give it up.
Do you mean Lewis Hamilton's clone?
British gang won't survive in Chi-Raq or Compton for that matter....LOL.
Imagine getting the opportunity to sit down and have a beer or two with these guys.
They would be lucky to get the opportunity to have a beer with me
Meh?
Idk I'm the curious sort, I'd probably pick their brains for hours about the inner workings of organized crime, while completely trying to avoid their pasts. The stuff you could learn from these guys could be useful one day.
@@unnamedchannel1237
Exactly. I dont sit with Peace's of sh it.
Why? They’re scumbags
The ATF didn't just "let thousands of guns walk across the border", they directly coerced, threatened and strong-armed people into, selling the guns, buying the guns and dealing with the cartel. Some of them were just vulnerable FFLs (Firearm Dealers) who were told that if they didn't sell 20 AR15's to the person coming in at 3PM, they were going to take their license, arrest them and confiscate all their merchandise. Essentially, "Sell all these guns to this shady guy or we'll ruin your entire life".
But hey when you have a track record of burning dozens of children and women to death, shooting pregnant women and killing so many dogs it's become a meme, it's just par for the course. They do absolutely nothing beneficial for this country or the people in it, the agency shouldn't exist at all and has mutated into something unrecognizable from it's originally stated purpose. It's full of the worst of the worst and needs to be completely deconstructed.
How are they able to get this guy to reveal so much without putting himself at risk?
We need Ray Liotta to come back and narrate for you..
'its outta respect'.
They don't
It’s honestly “better” for them to speak out more.. because if they end up being killed it would be easier to put people in jail.. of course it doesn’t mean they can just walk around anywhere.. some are still marked and they have to be careful
i also dont think hes saying things that arent really public knowledge.. he's not snitching details about anybody really
That’s what I’m screaming! Like if it were me, I’d be terrified
its funny that the only one they found to talk about hells angels is an undercover cop.
I mean it's really either that or an associate - I have friends in Outlaw clubs and they're very normal, so long as you mind your business.
If youre out good then there's no reason to go around trashing your friends, or speaking when you don't know
They’ve had several interviewees for these videos that were undercover agents/detectives.
@@FireHawkISA Well said.
Like if they had just gone to Mission B.C they would’ve found multiple
@@Def.Not.Scarlett. "found to talk"
This was really eye opening about the extent of corruption in the MET. I had no idea they had they had cops on their payroll who weren't openly involved in corruption
wow.........people really r dumb huh
I think it varies in some cases they made be more actively involved in assisting (like acting as a spotter/look out using police radio during home robberies in upscale towns), in other cases accepting bribes to look the other way/tip them off if they are under investigation.
@@JohnS-er7jh I don't know about the US, but in the UK the police is not made up of the best society has to offer.
@clancywiggam its about the same in the US. cops are usually not the brightest.
@@rogainegaming6924 Well genius, then why don't you join a police force and fix it?
Ed Calderon is one of the most likable and knowledgeable people I’ve ever encountered in this series. I’d love to hear more from him.
Koncrete Podcast, Rogan too
The undercover HA agent was spot on when it comes to all outlaw 1% clubs. Each varies a little bit, but all he said was fact.
Vary a 'little bit?' Lmfao....
@@MightyMouse1222 Yes. would you like examples.
@@J.fromMI1277yes please!
sure, but first tell me what club you were in and how long. Next tell me are you a law officer. Then tell me how high you were ranked. Then maybe we can talk. I don't need your examples. I lived it. If you want to tell me the differences in the 1%er clubs you saw on UA-cam or some documentary .Forget it.There are differences within the club in the charters(Chapters) themselves. Its more a way to meet contacts. Brotherhood happens, but its mostly contacts. So put up or shut up.
OK Mr cool guy
We appreciate the content on here. They're simply the best.
Who is "we"?
The young man that spoke about gangs in the UK was so compelling to listen to! For one so young, it seems like he has his feet firmly planted on the ground. His head and heart are definitely in the right place. And with a name like Omar Sharif, how can he lose! 😊😊😊😊😊
Having grown up right near Sturgis SD where the largest motorcycle rally in the world happens every year, I’ve interacted with many hells angels. From the associates to full patched members and I’ve gotta say they’re outwardly very normal, very humble, seemingly good guys. I had a beer during sturgis with one guy who was full patched and we were just talkin bikes for like an hour and he handed me his business card and told me it was his business number and if I ever needed anything to just call and even if he didn’t remember me the fact I had the number would be proof I was in good. He also told me to either never let it go or burn it and forget it because if that number got out there’d be trouble. So I held onto it. Sits in my wallet. I hope I never need that favor.
They're good people. I've worked beer tents at Sturgis and made many friends... the kind of friend that matters.
Working in customer service, I've found that you have better odds of having a pleasant interaction with Hell's Angels than you do with any man older than 60.
@@ThePvtsquirel I freakin bet!!!!!!LOL
I lived in the hills for a long time🥰 I miss it everyday.
Camera role sound effect is stupid so annoying
Exactly
Its a bit annoying when you're not watching the video and prefer to just listen to it in the background like a podcast... Hopefully they make it less frequent in the future videos.
The first time I watched the Jay Dobyns video, I purchased his book right away. Can't say I have had that same feeling with any other plug in a video so far.
the brother of the murdered detective ripping the vape at 1:36:27 because he's stressed and is talking about a sensitive topic is oddly wholesome and amusing to me, hahahaha. get all of it, old timer. salute
It’s crazy, you don’t even need to smuggle guns anymore, just a room full of 3D printers, a single metal machining station and a team of guys to put them together, you can get thousands of guns for the same price as hundreds at this point, a plastic-kov does only have 1k shots before it breaks but it’s so much cheaper than an AK
interesting point about the economics of 3d printed disposable guns, but realistically a mill in Mexico could pump out the real thing just as easy
Correct. You would think they’d take that route instead of smuggling as they could easily produce them themselves at a much cheaper cost
If prohibitions had even a chance of being effective, we would have learned about it OVER 100 YEARS AGO.
If "mass casualty event" shooters WERE NOT actually fed agents or agitated by feds, they would start using much safer, much more effective, and much more economical methods to guarantee much larger death tolls.
But the FBI can't ban household chemicals so it's shootings instead.
FBI lied to get us into war in the middle east, and has been busted as early as the 50s subverting, extorting, blackmailing, assassinating, or setting up Malcolm X for assassination by the Muslim brotherhood..... Wikipedia/COINTELPRO
If a gang started making their own weapons, they’d likely be using better materials. Much faster and more reliable to just mill guns with metal parts, and potentially cheaper
I need to meet these guys
The fella talking about gang culture and what he has been through to where he is now is fantastic, he is so well articulated and can tell that he is sincere and can project a positive light to those that would be walking in his foot steps. When I was younger and was caught up in partying and constantly breaking the law instead of being sat down with police, councilors, shrinks and get scared straight programs with middle aged women and men with no idea of the real world who probably have a degree in something unrelated having someone such as himself who has actually been through the dirt would have had a MASSIVE impact. Its time for the useless systems our governments impose to change.
Haha that Chase Bank and Wells Fargo the bank robber talks about are right across the street from my old job. Small world
The question is, was the Chase there back in 1999?
Considering that in 2008, Chase came to California after JP Morgan Chase acquired Washington Mutual.
Also, JP Morgan Chase didn't exist in 1999.
In 2000, Chase Manhattan Bank acquired JP Morgan Co and rebranded as JP Morgan Chase.
@@G3NK5T42does it matter? That’s what it is now and could have been called something different back when he did it.
@@Buddystemz of course it matters.
Big world, small coincidence.
Lot of rules for people that don’t like rules
Moral of the story: you can't out run the rules
There's no exception to the rule..
That everyone thinks they're an exception to the rule.
Banksy circa 2005
I like the different ideas generally be punctuated by the chapter breaks. Do what you guys feel is right, you make great content!
a couple interesting observations: we mainly get detailed crime stories like this from the 90’s and early 2000’s bc the new age of organized crime hasn’t been caught yet. even with this torrent of insider info, it really doesn’t mean much in the grander scale of 10-20 years from now.
personally, my mind is already blown imagining what guys like this cooked up to get away with it, so it’s like the 4th of july imagining what the current bosses are might be up to.
second observation is that most of the former criminals being interviewed seem to have a similar stance on the general idea of crime for profit, and i genuinely can’t tell if it’s bc of the interviewers feeding lines or just bc that’s the natural conclusion that these men have witnessed to a life like this. i fully believe it’s possible to play the game and get out unscathed, the issue is choosing the right game and being good enough to stay under any imaginable radar. seriously, you can get cooked if even the wrong store clerk or parking attendant catches on to your routine
💯👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
We know what modern organised crime groups do. Ransomware and other forms of online scams are one recent additions, but the most profitable niche they have is still drugs. The only gangsters who appear on stuff like this have been caught and done years in prison, which is why there’s no stories from the last few years, and I guess explains their stance on crime as well
As an Irish person listening to the stories of UK police racism I feel personally traumatized just listening to accounts of police racism! Typically British racism targets Irish working class people as well as Black and brown people. It is so essential to train the cops because they will not change without real training. Wonderful video, thank you.
There is NO honor among thieves! That is the biggest myth.. Members will flip on others to save their own skin.
not following the rules means chaos and chaos aint no organisiation.
“Insider was unable to reach the hells angels for comment”
The police racism guy’s story was absolutely heartbreaking
Disagree. He's part of the problem.
@@billwilson5341in what way?
I skipped that one. Tired of hearing people whinge about the police being mean to them
@@jv-man3698tired of hearing things that offend your sensibilities..
@@oooooooo2470 I’m not offended. Just annoyed. Something a lot of people confuse nowadays. When I watch a doc on crime, I don’t wanna hear about how someone feels the police were mean to them. Especially when they are one of the most cucked police forces in the world, that drive around with rainbow cars and arrest people for saying mean things. It’s laughable.
" robbing from the rich and stealing from the poor "
a great summary of cartels
Nope they ll steal from everyone
The art forger was my favorite.
This ex-mafia guy doesn't implicate any specific persons, he describes criminal organisations that no longer exist, or rather don't reflect any current organisations. Everything he says at most implicates only himself in criminal activity but I would guess all of that is in the past and has already been prosecuted by law enforcement.
You'd hope that his statements wouldn't be worth getting murdered for, murder is a serious crime that gets seriously investigated. If he was currently a witness for any criminal case he would not be appearing publicly on UA-cam.
He's fine
He looks like a fella who is in ‘The Travel Channel ‘🤷♀️
bank robbery guy mentioned all the things ive thought about. i aint gonna do that but it's nice to hear
you dont gotta case the bank to tell the flow anymore ...google will tell you ...usually not busy at this time
Ugh I love these videos, they’re so interesting
Honestly ... that informant guy really is a piece of work. How can you commit crime, have it recorded, shi7 on your families safetly like that and anyone around you, and piss on all those people that you probably ended up caring for. IMO... he went out of his way to be a monster.
Fascinating format and content.
“so when you have an organization that no longer follows its own rules, it weakens the organization.” Every government that’s ever existed, and will exist. Stand up guys don’t last forever… remember that.
The black British men in this video are absolutely amazing and I appreciate their beautiful message of anti-systemic violence.
# 2 is the definition of smooth criminal
It's pretty cool to hear how accurate so much of SoA really was
Great Compilation
3-5 minutes is for armed robbery and active shooter/assault otherwise its 30-40 min
Police have always cared far more about private property/money than human safety
@@43Habsfanexactly 💯 that's why you get more time 4 stealing the queen's money that rape n murder!!!!
There's no way the bankrobber regrets anything or that he aint made a "retirement fund" before he turned himself in and i respect him more for it
Thanks for the tips!
It's not even whole charters doing crime in most cases. its connections. You want to keep your treasurer pretty clean due to him having the bank accounts for the charter. You end up with people who do what you do, clean or dirty. How you make your money is your business.
Yea I know exactly how it feels. I get it daily. And even when I'm home the constantly ride back and forth in front of my house just because they want me to see what they're doing. And when a car leaves my yard before it makes it a couple block from my house that car is pulled over. No matter what time of day or night it is. It's almost like they have someone watching my house 24/7 and let's them know the moment something leaves my house
Who’s riding in front of your house?
@@girlcowboyChurch of $cientology believers.
Sounds like you’re a drug dealer or just someone on meth who’s paranoid
What bs are you ranting about? You sound paranoid.
My ex robbed a bank. I got a phone call from a county jail North from me in PA, and he said "I messed up..." What happened was actually hilarious and SO lazy. He sent his girlfriend into the bank with a note while he stood around outside. I saw the video, she came running out and when he saw her he took OFF! She was trailing him by about 15 feet the whole video; it's so like him to leave the girl in the dust, having done his dirty work. That was in 2014; he's still upstate.
2nd guy is Michael from GTA
this dudes awesome for infiltrating the mesa angels. i’ve seen how crazy and dangerous that club can be. i’ve been with victims when things happened. it’s scary asf. i wouldn’t mess with him at all.
1:30:00 section wow, audacity
1:57:57 I need to learn these 3 sections by heart.
These programs should be taught in high school.
“Tell us how real these bank robberies are.”
“Got it.”
“Ok, Let’s talk about Spider-Man.”
2:17:00 When he showed the wilko can I lost it. Today I have been to Wilko buying some stuff, and it was the first time I was there that they were on administration sale.
The UKs recoord for solving murders relate to the relatively lower numbers, the geographical smallness, relatively lower amounts of guns, higher density amounts of law enforcement, different legal system that favors law enforcement, less appeals, more rights to people who commit crimes, etc. So, it's no miracle in anyway.
What is this supposed to discredit lol
1:57 that is probably the strongest New York accent I've ever heard! Blinder!
If you are out in bad standings, all club items go back to the club. You either black out your tats, or get them burned or cut off. All property belongs to the club.
Blackout isn't usually an option.... tell me you watch soa too much without telling me you watch soa too much....
-midwest non discriminatory bartender.
Yes, yes, we've all seen Sons of Anarchy.
@@GR8APE69 Yes and that show had advisors from the Hells Angels; even showed a couple on there. Mostly it was Hollywood bulls#!t.
@@J.fromMI1277 Of course it is, It's a tv show.
I love these. So interesting.
It seems that the story of how the British police unlawful and severely prejudice actions are still unchanged. It is absolutely outrage. Cross my mind that maybe that’s why they publicly/internationally put so much media focus on that imperial family so that other people don’t look or realize what’s happening behind the curtains to the citizens of the country.
Very unfair actions are happening to the civilians, its being done by their law enforcement, and other systems .
B.O.R.
The fact any of these guys are free and walking around shows how corrupt the system is
It’s crazy how you can barley understand most former gangsters from the US cause of slang . But the the brit was like talking to a well mannered gentlemen😂
US slang is definitely mumbled.. that’s something I honestly hate and I lived in a hood.. even though I do still speak very broken English when I’m not at work lol
Assume you mean the young ex~street banger at 52:10?!
I'm joking, of course, but tbf, he _was_ well spoken, esp. compared to your usual (kof!) 'roadmen', or wannabe BrickTop types! I'm assuming you're talking about the forger, since apart from Mr. Sharif, all the Brits shown were either civilians or speaking (more - or - less) from the other side of the equation... and yeah, I wouldn't disagree with you! Having said that, I think only Americans would imagine he 'talks posh' (by his own admission, he was hardly born with a silver spoon in his mouth) but I wouldn't knock him for that; 'well mannered gentleman', indeed. Sadly, about as old school as they come (he reminded me of a character you'd have found in an episode of that old '60's/early '70's show 'The Saint', or an Agatha Christie novel). Nowadays, some scrote giving it all "Wot's your farkhin' problem, Wankah?!" or some "Ja~fakin' " nonsense is more par for the course...
Interesting conversation, i came to believe that you are born with your character and learn other character traits as you experience life which are not always yourself.
Gun smuggling guy: spends a large chunk of time explaining how gun sales in the USA are the primary supplier of guns to the cartels.
Also gun smuggling guy: I don't see how stopping gun sales in the USA would help.
(yes, yes, he also mentioned guns being stolen from army bases. What ratio do you think the sales:army theft is? It ain't even close to 1:1)
He means other sources would pick up the slack. We're talking about multi billion dollar organizations. Supply and demand. And I'd say the ratio is probably not far from 1:1 Mexico is notoriously poor and corrupt and so are all their neighbors to the south. Just like how the failed war on drugs is driven by supply and demand so is this
God the state Mexico's in....nothing can make it any better.. nothing😢
Hope these guys are still ok 😣
Easy way to tell if someone is a corrupt cop.
They're a cop. That is all you need to know. The likelihood they're not, is pretty slim. Especially if they've been in for more than a few years.
So it is easy to tell that someone is *likely* a corrupt cop.
this. im sure good cops exist but ive never met one personally. and even if they do exist, they're still following the rules of a corrupt system.
@@angelicpretty777 You've not knowingly met one. Cheers!
@@angelicpretty777you're definitely the type of person that'll do 120 down the highway in an active construction zone, clip a construction worker, jump three lanes without looking and a turn signal cutting someone off causing them to crash, while smoking weed, and then claim the cops a dick just trying to harass you for no reason after he pulled you over and you flipped him off calling him a pig while spitting on him.
@@christopherwebster5301 you're definitely the type of person who literally makes up a guy to get mad at LOL
Luv Jay Dobbins! Like Joe Pistone...a real heroic dude.
What happened to the Mafia, I believe, is got to Americanized. Those old school members died off and along with it their values went with them, sadly, again just my belief...
It was always Americanised in the US, except the first generation of immigrants. The actual mafia is the biggest organised crime group in the world, bigger than either the Chinese triads or the Mexican and Columbian cartels. They’ve basically gone to war with the army in the past, and they’re on a completely different level.
They do business with the Americans, but they’re not really affiliated and don’t have much in common.
Very interesting documentary!
"You were not to kill women and children..." That's nice at least "...of family members in the mob" Oh...
A friend of mine was formerly associated with this stuff.
He said the sopranos was way more accurate than something like the godfather.
Loosely associated people doing various crimes, making sure the local boss got a cut.
The UK guy is so desperate to have the government regulate everything and make sure everything is 'safe' that it's sickening.
It's very typical for someone from Britain but my God when will the people like him learn? Making speech and household items like knives illegal will NOT solve the crime dude.
Food industry is still huge for organized crime, and it's segregated exactly like prison gangs: by ethnicity.
He who speaks little, will live a hundred years
Some of these folks aren't criminal masterminds.
Ahhhhh, so THAT'S how mafia works.
Unless that’s how he wants us to think it’s how it works 👀
Robbing banks is the most dangerous and has the least payoff of any crime. In the U.S. 1 bank robbery charge will get you 25 years of hard time even if your had no prior record.
Americans: we need gun control
Brits: we need knife control
If the families had been harder on drug stuff, things would be different
Prior to 2008, all the Chase Banks in California were Washington Mutual Banks.
JP Morgan Chase didn't become a thing until 2000 when Chase Manhattan acquired JP Morgan Co and rebranded as JP Morgan Chase.
So, if his so-called first bank robbery was in 1999 in Calabasas CA, how could he pull into a plaza where there was a Chase Bank and Wells Fargo across from each other?
Am I missing something?
I don't think you're missing anything but I'll counter with. Who cares ?
could have just blended together in his mind. Considering he did time for all this, I doubt he just made some up for clout.
@@theinsufferablebutthole8923 You'd be surprised how many people bullshit their way to make a living.
I looked it up, and basically you're wrong. JP Morgan Co merged with chase in 2000. Chase was a separate entity before then with its own banks. JP Morgan Chase then acquired Washington Mutual in 2008, and converted their banks to Chase. So basically, the dude robbed Chase when they werent part of JP Morgan yet
From 54:00 it's crazy to hear it ! I have never heard something like it , many great interview but nothing like this..
He’s not hells angel he’s a cop 👮♀️
He was an undercover officer in the hells Angels
this first dude have the coolest accent I've ever heard ngl
Typical Brooklyn accent
How do formers members talk about this on yt?dont you get killed?
Most of these groups don't have power like that anymore. Especially the italian mob, they don't have the power to go after people who leave the life
@@connorwhiteley8466 facts iguess now they "wiseguys"
I know . A lot of people are doing this in the prison UA-cam genre as well . They are basically debriefing before checking into PC.
@@connorwhiteley8466 it’s not even about the power lol. They have power- but they don’t kill ppl anymore because of the heat it brings
There's this other UA-camr who left the crime family and has mentioned he is not allowed in NY cause he'll be in danger. His in witness protection so he's safe outside that area. In his case he is witness protection so he can talk about it. He reviews mafia scenes in movies. Michael is his name.
Sayce Holmes-Lewis seems like a really eloquent, knowledgeable and polite guy. Really amazing when you think what he’s been through. I take my hat off to you sir 👏🏻
Pennisi shares some general pedestrian knowledge about the Mafia that’s already known, but he’s notoriously very bitter against the Mafia.
He’s been out of the life for almost 12 years, so he really doesn’t know what’s going on today.
I follow The Mafia closely. He’s trying to tone it down, likely out of fear or just bitterness, but the current Mafia has tons of political power, and way more power than he’s leading people to believe.
They’ve built back up rather strong over the past 10-15 years. They have judges, lawyers, politicians, and even some Feds in their back pockets
Every few years you hear about mafia busts in NYC still. I'm wondering if the Mafia's power diminished in terms of "street power" so to speak. Given the increase in surveillance technology (general as well), competition from other un/organized crime, maybe the share of the pie has decreased?
Their perception of strength is a big predictor of their actual strength, and the perception in most places is that they're not gone and not nobody, but they're not the Mob anymore. More like a particularly powerful country club.
They really do have unlimited fund's......the money they seize all goes bk in2 them.
Plus the drug's n gun money 💰 that they funnel bk in.
Hang over fist, money 4 a life time.
Only small amounts gets burnt.... seriously all 4 the cameras!!!!
TRUST 'N' BELIEVE 💯
The Italian mafia is the biggest and wealthiest organised crime group in the world, more so than the triads, the cartels, everybody - but not the American counterpart. It was never on the same scale in the US, and really does seems to be on the way out now (the US mob, not the actual Italian mafia which is thriving unfortunately)
Bruh don't nobody stupid enough to think a suppressor would do ANYTHING to a .50BMG
Funny how they never mention the Kosher Nostra...
Stop
@@DENVEROUTDOORMAN stop what?
A mother’s love! She lived to see her son set free!
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