Originally Posted by rex4567
Does anyone know or have any information on the amount of Made Members and Associates of the three Hamilton Crime Families in Hamilton, Ontario? I did tons of digging and can find nothing on that topic. Thanks.


Stephen Schneider's Iced: The Story of Organized Crime in Canada details quite a lot about the Hamilton families/crews. In the book he states Papalia's crew had about a dozen made members so that gives an indication of the total made members in Hamilton. I think his crew was possibly the largest followed by the Luppinos and Musitanos. 20-30 members total could be a decent estimate although that would mean that half of the Buffalo family's membership would've been in Canada, so closer to 20 members total would be more realistic.


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