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Episode 27: The Merseyside Mobster who flooded the UK and Ireland with Cocaine
15 mei 2021 · 53 min
He is one of Europe's most-notorious drug dealers who flooded the UK and Ireland with cocaine and heroin until he was nabbed in 1996.
While behind bars, Liverpool mobster Curtis ‘Cocky’ Warren, killed a fellow inmate and had an illicit affair with a female prison guard.
In this week’s Crime World podcast, journalist Peter Walsh details the rise and fall of the drugs lord who was once named as Interpol’s 'Target One' and the life that awaits the feared crime boss on his release from prison. Lees meerHosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Crimeworld Extra: Ireland's war on drugs and the communities that bear the cost
12 mei 2021 · 19 min
Criminologist Trina O'Connor speaks to Nicola Tallant about the drug dealing at Oliver Bond flats in Dublin's south inner-city.
She details how the community is fighting back and why tearing down the complex is not the solution. Lees meerHosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Crimeworld Extra: The Kinahan Cartel's Inner-City Drugs Supermarket
11 mei 2021 · 17 min
CRACK cocaine dealers are running an open drugs supermarket in the flat complex where mob boss Daniel Kinahan grew up.
This week, a Sunday World investigation shows how cartel drug dealers are openly selling their product in the inner-city complex where the mafia boss was raised in scenes akin to The Wire.
Our undercover team watched as Kinahan product was sold like sweets in a shop with residents living in terror of the designer-clad pushers who have taken over the courtyards and stairwells. Lees meerHosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Episode 26: The Man Who Has Come Face To Face With The World's Most-depraved Serial Killers
8 mei 2021 · 53 min
He’s the UK’s number-one true crime author who made his name from his conversations with serial killers. Lees meer
But what made former Royal Marine Christopher Berry-Dee want to get up close and personal with the world’s most depraved.?
From Aileen Wournos to the 'Monster of the Rivers' Arthur Shawcross, he has delved deep into the crimes and minds of psychopaths.
In an interview with Crime World, Berry-Dee explains what drew him to the dark world of more than 30 serial killers and why their shocking stories continue to fascinate the public.
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Episode 25: The Encrochat phone hack and why no one has been busted in Ireland
1 mei 2021 · 29 min
It was the phone hack that rocked the underworld and led to thousands of arrests and record breaking seizures of drugs, guns and dirty money.
Yet, Ireland has little to show from the massive Encrochat investigation despite being one of the country’s to receive the shared intelligence from Europol.
In this week’s Crime World investigates podcast we look at how the hack happened despite promises that the phone network was the gold standard for criminals and what the fallout has been in Europe and closer to home in Northern Ireland and the UK. Lees meerHosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Extra- The former SF councillor charged with the murder of David Byrne
28 april 2021 · 12 min
One week after three men were charged in connection with the Regency Hotel attack and a European Arrest Warrant was issued for Gerry ‘the Monk’ Hutch, a former Sinn Fein councillor has been brought before the Special Criminal Court charged with the murder of David Byrne. Lees meer
So who is Jonathan Dowdall and what do we know about his links to the Regency investigation?
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Crimeworld Extra - The Europe-wide hunt For Gerry 'the Monk' Hutch
21 april 2021 · 19 min
Following the news that a European Arrest Warrant has been issued for Gerry ‘The Monk’ Hutch in relation to the Regency Hotel attack in 2016, Nicola Tallant chats with journalist Eamon Dillon about the life and crimes of one of Ireland's most infamous gangsters. Lees meer
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Episode 23: The child street soldiers of Ireland's crime gangs
17 april 2021 · 38 min
They are the kids who become the soldiers of the criminal gangs. Lees meer
Plucked from the streets and troubled homes, they are groomed to become drug dealers, enforcers and even killers.
But according to one of Ireland’s top community workers, criminologist Trina O’Connor, their path in life is not a determined one and road blocks can be created to stop the inevitable.
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Crimeworld Extra - The Ridouan Taghi Trial
14 april 2021 · 18 min
THE trial of violent Dutch-Moroccan gangster Ridouan Taghi, whose merger with Daniel Kinahan’s mob, the Italian mafia and Eastern European gangs formed a feared super cartel, is finally underway in the Netherlands Lees meer
Amid some of the tightest security controls ever seen, Taghi's high-profile ‘Marengo’ trial is expected to expose the underbelly of Europe’s top mobs.
In a special Crime World Extra, journalist Jan Meeus describes the military-style operation that has been put in place to secure the Dutch courthouse known as 'The Bunker' and the case against one of the world's most-wanted criminals.
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Episode 22: The organised crime gangs behind Ireland's seedy vice trade
10 april 2021 · 54 min
This week Crime World looks at Ireland's multi-million euro vice trade and the ruthless organised crime gangs and pimps who control the women selling sex.
There is nothing glamorous about prostitution, where exploitation, fear and manipulation are common-place and women are seen as just a commodity. Lees meerHosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Crimeworld Extra - The Molly Martens Retrial
8 april 2021 · 15 min
This week, Tom and Molly Martens were freed from prison in the US after they were granted bail pending a retrial in the case of the murder of Limerick dad of two Jason Corbett. Lees meer
Jason was beaten to death on August 2, 2015 and the father and daughter served 44 months in jail before their murder convictions were overturned.
Today, in a special Crime World Extra, Irish Independent journalist Ralph Riegel describes the devastation for Jason’s Irish family as they face another harrowing journey on their road to justice.
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Episode 21: The Wilsons - Ireland's most feared clan of killers for hire
3 april 2021 · 54 min
John, Keith, Alan, Eric and Luke Wilson were once Ireland’s most feared gangland family who terrorised the underworld and threatened the pillars of the State. Lees meer
Bonded by blood, the five Wilsons operated as guns for hire as they honed their skills as killing machines in the brutal world of feuding drug gangs.
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Episode 20: 'I married a psychopathic bigamist, con man and sex offender'
27 maart 2021 · 50 min
Mary Turner Thomson’s world shattered when she discovered her husband Will was a bigamist, con man and convicted sex offender. Unbeknownst to her, this would be the start of a bold new chapter in her life, fighting to protect other women from his heartless gaslighting campaigns — and putting a stop to his endless deception. Lees meer
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Episode 19: The Black Widow
20 maart 2021 · 54 min
She is the self-professed gangsters' moll who married a mobster and then wound up in prison for life for the murder of her hard-man lover. Lees meer
But Linda Calvey has turned her own experiences in the underworld into the basis for her new career and as she launches her debut novel she insists that is thrilled to be finally making an honest living out of crime.
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Episode 18: The man who brought down Whitey Bulger and exposed the feared mobster as an FBI informer
13 maart 2021 · 41 min
BOSTON gangster James ‘Whitey’ Bulger’s role as an FBI informant is a lesson for police forces across the world in how NOT to handle their touts. Lees meer
Brian Kelly, the former US state prosecutor who was the lead counsel against Bulger, tells this week’s Crime World podcast that the mobster murdered at will, often using information leaked to him by his handlers.
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Episode 17: The Moroccan drug lord, the Kinahan mob and the rise of the European super-cartel
6 maart 2021 · 37 min
He’s the violent gangster whose merger with Daniel Kinahan’s mob, Italian mafiosa and Eastern European gangs formed a European super cartel. Lees meer
But Dutch Moroccan Ridouan Taghi is now facing the biggest showdown of his life as authorities in the Netherlands gear up for the high profile ‘Marengo’ trial expected to get to the heart of the powerful merger of Europe’s top mobs.
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Episode 16: The American guns fuelling the deadly Mexican Cartels and drug wars
27 februari 2021 · 50 min
Drug war in Mexico – how the narcos and their violent sicarios are being armed by legally-sold weapons in the US. Lees meer
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Episode 15: The low-level criminals and hit squads behind the Hutch-Kinhahan feud
20 februari 2021 · 50 min
The drug addicts, drop-outs and drifters behind the Hutch-Kinahan murder cells. Lees meer
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Episode 14: New Zealand's drug war and the rise of the biker gangs
13 februari 2021 · 33 min
New Zealand is the envy of the world but it’s also the most expensive place on earth to buy cocaine and meth, which has fuelled the rise of a dangerous underworld of biker gangs.
Journalist Jared Savage tells Crime World about the arrival of meth, the real-life Walter White and how Asian and Mexican cartels are now moving in for a slice of the action. Lees meerHosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Episode 13: How the Rathkeale Rovers became the scourge of Europe
6 februari 2021 · 43 min
Fake covid tests, antique treasures and the theft of precious rhino horns. How the Rathkeale Rovers left their spiritual home in Limerick to become a multi-million mobile organised crime gang. Lees meer
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Episode 12: Ireland's five-year war on organised crime
30 januari 2021 · 47 min
She started her career as a rookie cop on one of Ireland’s first drug units, chasing down heroin dealers like Tony ‘King Scum’ Felloni. Lees meer
Now she is the Chief in charge of the Garda’s Drugs and Organised Crime Bureau – the unit responsible for bringing down the Kinahan mafia.
Detective Chief Superintendent Angela Willis talks about catching criminals, seizing drugs and reeling in the mobs.
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Episode 11: Gangland's a-list celebs - The Krays
24 januari 2021 · 49 min
They are the a-listers of gangland – murderous twins whose faces are iconic images of the underworld. Ronnie and Reggie Kray were immortalised in movies, theatre, television and books but did their crimes match their celebratory? Or did they just get lucky. Lees meer
Criminal lawyer and author James Morton untangles the real story of the Krays and separates fact from fiction.
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Episode 10: The stalking of El Chapo Guzmán
17 januari 2021 · 53 min
He was the head of the Sinaloa Cartel and for years he was a master of escape using underground tunnels and secret passageways to evade the authorities. But Mexican drug lord Joaquin ‘El Chapo’ Guzman's now spends his days in solitary confinement in the most secure prison in the US. Lees meer
So how was he actually caught and did his luck simply run out? New York Times journalist and El Jefe author Alan Feuer describes the secret wiretaps investigations which were run by the FBI, the DEA and Homeland Security and tells Crime World how El Chapo became the hunted as teams of investigators closed in on their prey.
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Episode 9: The murder of Jason Corbett and the fairytale that turned into a nightmare
10 januari 2021 · 40 min
It was a murder that broke all rules with a male victim, two unlikely killers and a family torn apart. Now the killing of dad Jason Corbett is to be played out again in a US courtroom as murderers Molly Martens and her father Tom make a bid for freedom. But behind the legal tape lies the shocking evidence of the sheer brutality of Jason’s death. Ralph Riegel, Irish Independent journalist and author of My Brother Jason, unravels the lies and intrigue that turned a fairytale into a nightmare. Lees meer
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Episode 8: Criminal gangs targeting online dating sites as millions look for love online in 2021
3 januari 2021 · 36 min
In this week's Crime World podcast, Nicola Tallant talks to Dr Nicola Fox Hamilton, an expert in cyberpsychology. She talks about online crime and dating during the pandemic. She reveals the dangers that can be hiding behind the faces of attractive strangers and how romance fraudsters and sexploitation scams are now being run by organised criminal gangs. Lees meer
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Episode 7: Fr Brian D'Arcy talks about life after child sexual abuse
27 december 2020 · 35 min
Fr Brian D’Arcy was first abused at the age of 9 but he still struggles to deal with the demons of his past more than six decades on. We discuss the Lanzarote Convention, a European agreement against child sex abuse just signed by Ireland. But what does it mean for the survivors of child sex abuse? Lees meer
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Episode 6: A stolen masterpiece and an unlikely thief
20 december 2020 · 58 min
Detective Anthony Amore hunts stolen art and follows clues all over the world hunting priceless masterpieces which have been snatched by thieves. In this week's episode of Crime World, detective Anthony Amore talks about one time heiress, Rose Dugdale, who gave up a charmed life to become an IRA activist and a thief who picked out the jewels of Russborough House in Wicklow and later inspired the legendary criminal Martin The General Cahill. He also reveals what he thinks about another famous criminal Martin ‘The Viper’ Foley and his tall tales. Lees meer
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Episode 5: The Rise and Fall of John Gilligan
13 december 2020 · 42 min
He’s Ireland’s most notorious criminal but as John Gilligan faces Christmas in a Spanish prison we examine if this is the end of the line for the 68 year old. Nicola Tallant talks to INM Chief Reporter Conor Feehan about the life and crimes of Gilligan. Lees meer
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Episode 4: The Penguin and the bunker
6 december 2020 · 35 min
The secret past of Godfather of Crime George ‘The Penguin’ Mitchell is forming part of an intriguing trial into a dark net bunker and a Dutchman called Herman Xennt. Lees meer
This week on Crime World Ed Caesar of the New Yorker explains how Mitchell and Xennt’s relationship goes back decades right to the very beginning of the internet and to an underground porn hub.
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Episode 3: Cocaine - a deadly journey to our shores
29 november 2020 · 50 min
Cocaine starts out as a leaf on a tree but how does it get from the jungles of Colombia to the streets of Ireland? How many people die and who gets rich along the way? Lees meer
In this week's episode of Crime World, Nicola Tallant talks to film-maker Toby Muse and traces a Kilo of coke from its beginnings in a makeshift laboratory to the Pacific Coast where it sets sail for the US and Europe.
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Episode 2: Is jail just a finishing school for criminals?
22 november 2020 · 36 min
Is jail just a finishing school for criminals? And just what is it like to be behind bars? Nicola Tallant talks to Fr Brian D’Arcy, whose work has brought him into some of the most notorious jails in Ireland. He describes the sounds and smells of prison life and describes what it’s like coming face to face with evil. Lees meer
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Episode 1: The hunt for Kevin Parle
16 november 2020 · 43 min
Two gangland murders. A missing fugitive. And a former Scotland Yard Detective intent on hunting him down.
This week on Crime World Nicola Tallant talks to Peter Bleksley about suspect Kevin Parle who has remained on the run for more than 15 years. We hear about the shocking murders he is wanted for and how Bleksley believes he is being helped by an Irish criminal gang. Lees meerHosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Crime World Introduction
11 november 2020 · 2 min
Crime World Introduction by Nicola Tallant Lees meer
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