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Episodes
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Episode 271: What do Kerry locals think about the tragic case of Baby John?
IT'S a sensitive and tragic cold-case murder that has become part of the fabric of south Kerry. When five-day-old 'Baby John' washed up on a Kerry beach, his…
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Episode 270: Super-cartel kingpin Ridouan Taghi and the final days of 'The Marengo trial'
THE Marengo case against super-cartel kingpin Ridouan Taghi is drawing to a close in the Netherlands, where state prosecutors are seeking a life sentence for…
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Episode 269: One year on from the Kinahan's US sanctions - where are they now?
One year since the Kinahan Organised Crime Group were sanctioned by the US treasury, the bad news has continued for it’s exiled leaders in Dubai.Nicola talks…
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Episode 268: The Good Friday Agreement and Northern Ireland's current terror threat
IT'S the anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement when a monumental task was achieved, and political divides agreed to peace in Northern Ireland.So what has…
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Episode 267: Mexican drug lord 'El Chapo', his legacy and the Sinaloa cartel
He is locked up in a Colorado jail with some of the world’s most notorious prisoners, but the legacy of Joaquin El Chapo Guzman lives on in a never ending…
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Episode 266: The FBI's secret files on Frank Sinatra and his ties to the Mafia
Frank Sinatra or Ol' Blue Eyes as he was known was one of the most popular entertainers in the 1940s and 50s. A singer, an actor and a member of the famous Rat…
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Episode 265: Probation and Parole - How criminals are managed in the community after being released from prison
He has dedicated his life to working with those in crisis and Vivian Geiran, the former Director of the Probation and Parole service of Ireland, has had to…
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Episode 264: The sentencing of serial sex offender and former promising jockey Maurice Fitzgerald
SERIAL sex offender Maurice Fitzgerald was jailed this week after he pleaded guilty to a shocking attack on a woman who he bound and gagged with duct tape and…
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BEST OF CRIME WORLD: Why DNA evidence could solve the 'Kerry Baby' murder case (Repost)
The shock arrest of a man and a woman by officers investigating the case of the Kerry Baby could bring to an end the mystery of who the parents of the child…
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Episode 263: How the old school mafia are surviving in a modern world
They were once the most powerful force in America, bigger than General Motors and with a finger in every pie from politics to prostitution.But what has become…
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Episode 262: Katie Taylor's homecoming bout and why it could be overshadowed by the spectre of exiled Daniel Kinahan
Boxing champion Katie Taylor is building up for a homecoming in Dublin in May in the 3 Arena.But behind the scenes characters who once surrounded and defended…
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Episode 261: Could killer Patrick Quirke face re-trial for the murder of Mr Moonlight Bobby Ryan?
Killer Patrick Quirke was celebrating a Supreme Court victory this week that could potentially see him re-tried for the murder of Mr Moonlight Bobby Ryan.The…
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Episode 260: The two faces of INLA enforcer Gerard Mackin
New INLA enforcer Gerard Mackin is behind bars cosying up with Kinahan Cartel leaders in Portlaoise Jail as he awaits sentence for money laundering.The brutal…
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Episode 259: The capital murder trials of convicted Garda killer Stephen Silver
Killer Stephen Silver will be sentenced to 40 years behind bars when he next appears before the Special Criminal Court where victim impact statements from the…
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Episode 258: The new sanctions on Edin Gacanin and the ongoing global effort to take down the Kinahan cartel
Almost a year since the dramatic US sanctions of the Kinahan Organisation and its leadership, Bosnian mob boss Edin Gacanin has now been named alongside the…
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Episode 257: How mob boss Barry Young was busted by 16,000 WhatsApp messages
MOB boss Barry Young has pleaded guilty to directing a criminal organisation - a charge which can carry up to life imprisonment.A massive 16,000 text messages…
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BEST OF CRIME WORLD: The secret service spooks and the White House love affair with Ireland (Repost)
They are the black-suited operatives whose role is to protect the President of the United States - and if Joe Biden’s plans to visit Ireland this summer come…
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Episode 256: Douglas Glynn - the mystery man who managed the Kinahan Cartel
THE Kinahan Organised Crime Group were dealt another blow last week when a court heard that a breakthrough in encryption-cracking technology had led gardai to…
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Episode 255: The scandals, scams and secret life of killer attorney Alex Murdaugh
SHAMED attorney Alex Murdaugh is beginning two life sentences in the US after being found guilty of the murders of his wife Maggie and his son Paul.But while…
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Episode 254: Cornelius Price and the flashy funeral rituals of gangland's hard-men
THE funeral of gangland hard-man Cornelius Price took place in the UK this week, complete with three Lamborghinis to lead the cortège, floral tributes of guns…
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Episode 253: The life and crimes of Limerick mob boss Christy Keane
A 30 year old nephew of gang boss Christy Keane tried to convince a court that 580 euro worth of cocaine and 1300 in cash along with two mobile phones was for…
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Episode 252: How road rage killer Kenneth Noye became one of the UK's most infamous criminals
He remains one of the UK’s most written about criminals, an old school fence involved in the infamous Brinks Mat Robbery and who made his name after a…
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Episode 251: Jim Mansfield Jnr and Marcus Sweeney - the Celtic boom buddies who ended up on the wrong side of the law
They were the two faces of Ireland’s Celtic Tiger boom, friends who partied hard with pretty models and had champagne by the bucket-load.Jim Mansfield Jnr and…
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Episode 250: The new IRA and the attempted murder of PSNI Detective Chief Inspector John Caldwell
A car has emerged as a key piece of evidence in the attempted murder of PSNI Detective Chief Inspector John Caldwell after football training in Omaha last week…
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Episode 249: Inside the police files of Raffaele Imperiale and his links to Daniel Kinahan
Italian mob boss Raffaele Imperiale spent years living it up in Dubai and doing business with members of the so-called Super Cartel including Dutch drug baron…
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Episode 248: The Murdaugh family and their twisted story of murder and lies
It’s the case that is fascinating America. A multi millionaire lawyer from a prominent legal dynasty reports finding his wife and son dead on the grounds of…
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Episode 247: The real-life stories behind Ireland's 'Narco' boom
DUBLIN was a city of grinding poverty, mass unemployment and a never-ending queue of young people seeking a future abroad when the heroin epidemic hit with…
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Episode 246: Conor McGregor and the childhood friendships with Irish gangland figures
He was the shadowy Cartel lieutenant who was rumoured to be out to get UFC star Conor McGregor after a pub brawl at the height of the Kinahan and Hutch…
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Episode 245: The life and brutal crimes of gang boss Cornelius Price
HE was a terrifying gangland mob boss who ran his empire from a gated compound in County Meath, where he is alleged to have held slaves and forced them to do…
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Episode 244: How British mobster Robert Dawes became a pied piper for a generation of Dubai-based criminals
BRITISH drug baron Robert Dawes became known as the pathfinder for a generation of criminals, including the Kinahan Cartel, when he was one of the first to…
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Episode 243: The return of the Dundons and the secret property portfolio of Kinahan mobster Ross Browning
RAIDS on the homes of notorious crime brothers, the discovery of a cocaine mixing factory and the seizure of a home and equestrian facility owned by a Cartel…
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Episode 242: The downfall of 'Otoniel' the world's biggest cocaine dealer
He's the Colombian narco who rose from humble origins to become the biggest wholesaler of cocaine in the world. Dairo Antonio Usuga, better known by his…
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Episode 241: When victims of crime come face to face with their offenders
VICTIMS of crime can often feel forgotten in the process of justice, but what benefits are there to bring them together with an offender?Nicola Tallant talks…
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Episode 240: Gilbert King on the shocking murder of Michelle Scholfield and the new evidence which puts a convicted murderer at the scene of the crime
When Gilbert King was asked by a Judge to look into a case of wrongful conviction he was shocked by the request and intrigued by the story.Michelle Scholfield…
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Episode 239: How the cocaine boom means crime gangs now pose as big a threat in the EU as terrorism
Organised crime is now posing as big a threat to countries in the EU as terrorism a commissioner warned this week.And as criminals including Irish Godfather…
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Episode 238: How George 'the Penguin' Mitchell's encrypted phone network was smashed by European cops
He is Ireland’s most wily Godfather of Crime - a criminal so slippery he has managed to evade the law for decades while rising to the very top of Europe’s…
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Episode 237: Kinahan cartel money man Brian Mahony's rise and fall at the hands of Criminal Assets Bureau
He’s the Kinahan fixer who decked out his house with Plasma screens and bullet-resistant glass, but now Brian Mahony has gone and the keys of his palace are…
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Episode 236: Canada's cult-like leader who is brain-washing her followers to believe she is taking over the world
She is the self-declared Queen of Canada whose followers drive in giant motor homes through towns and sleepy villages spreading her word.Filipina Romana Didulo…
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Epiosde 235: Death on the tracks - the mystery of the Irish teen chased to his death on a railway line
THE death of a 14-year-old boy in the Northern Ireland seaside town of Portrush has long been a mystery, and has posed a myriad of painful questions for his…
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Episode 234: The Irish mob who became Canada's cocaine kings
THEY are the crime gang who took control of Canada's lucrative cocaine trade while proudly displaying their Irish roots.The West End mob began their life as a…
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Episode 233: Robbie Lawlor and the cross-Border vigilante murder mob
THE murder of Robbie Lawlor in a Belfast housing estate continues to be the subject of a major police inquiry, with the PSNI and prosecutors insisting they…
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Episode 232: Keane Mulready-Woods and the men who helped facilitate his grisly murder
Paul Crosby and Gerard Cruise had to listen to the tragic victim impact statement of Elizabeth Mulready, mum of murdered teen Keane Mulready-Woods, as she told…
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Episode 231: 'The day I witnessed the Regency Hotel murder and the gunman in drag'
SEVEN years ago this week journalist Alan Sherry was sent on a news assignment like no other - and on an otherwise ordinary Friday, he found himself in the…
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Episode 232: Keane Mulready-Woods and the men who helped facilitate his gruesome murder
Paul Crosby and Gerard Cruise had to listen to the tragic victim impact statement of Elizabeth Mulready, mum of murdered teen Keane Mulready-Woods, as she told…
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Episode 230: April D-Day for Gerry 'The Monk' Hutch in Regency murder trial
AFTER 54 days at the Special Criminal Court the Regency murder trial came to an end with a verdict promised by April 17.Gerry 'The Monk' Hutch will remain in…
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Episode 229: Innocent or guilty? The dramatic closing arguments in the Gerry Hutch murder trial
THE case for and against Gerry 'The Monk' Hutch closed today with the prosecution and defence addressing the court for a final time.The State have concluded…
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Episode 228: The final days of the Gerry Hutch murder trial
LAWYERS at the Regency trial will enter the final stretch tomorrow when the closing speeches to the three-judge panel at the Special Criminal Court get…
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Episode 227: The dramatic capture of mafia 'boss of bosses' Matteo Messina Denaro
HE was the notorious Cosa Nostra boss who lived in hiding for 30 years and who was responsible for terrorist atrocities against Italy. Matteo Messina Denaro…
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Episode 226: Marcus Sweeney - The celtic tiger playboy who became a target for the Criminal Assets Bureau
CELTIC tiger businessman Marcus Sweeney once appeared to be the man who had everything - successful investment interests, a fast car and Ireland's…
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Episode 225: The life and crimes of perma-tanned mobster Mickey Green (Part 3)
HE was an A-list star of the criminal underworld, a gangster so wily that he travelled the world amassing a £100million fortune and died not from a bullet, but…
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Episode 224: The shocking murder of mum-to-be Natalie McNally
A SHOCKING murder in Lurgan, Co Armagh leaves a pregnant woman dead, a family devastated and a community in fear of a killer on the loose.So, what happened in…
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Episode 223: The life and crimes of perma-tanned mobster Mickey Green (Part 2)
HE was an A-list star of the criminal underworld, a gangster so wily that he travelled the world amassing a £100million fortune and died not from a bullet, but…
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Episode 222: The life and crimes of perma-tanned mobster Mickey Green (Part 1)
HE was an A-list star of the criminal underworld, a gangster so wily that he travelled the world amassing a £100million fortune and died not from a bullet, but…
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Episode 221: The second coming of gangland boss Brian 'King Ratt' Rattigan
BRIAN Rattigan has re-emerged as a significant crime figure following his release from Portlaoise Prison last year.The 42-year-old who led one side of the…
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Episode 220: Jailhouse shock as inmate 'confesses' to being the shooter in Regency Hotel murder
A JAILHOUSE confession by an inmate claiming that he was the Regency shooter - not Gerry ‘The Monk’ Hutch - was described as a ‘curious development’ in the…
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Episode 219: The advances in DNA technology helping to solve the world's most-puzzling cold cases
ONE was a high-flying 22-year-old career girl whose father was a multi-millionaire, the other a recently-divorced mother of four who was a popular social…
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BEST OF CRIME WORLD 2022: The rise of 'The Gypsy King' Tyson Fury and his ties to Daniel Kinahan
He's the world heavyweight boxing champ who has just been refused entry to the US as a result of sanctions levelled against the Kinahan Organised Crime…
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Episode 218: The final stages of the Regency murder trial and what does 2023 have in store for the Kinahans?
THE trial of Gerry 'The Monk' Hutch will resume this week after a lengthy Christmas break - before the three judges at the Special Criminal Court retire to…
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BEST OF CRIME WORLD 2022: 'Predator' - Larry Murphy and Ireland's missing women (Part 3)
His name still strikes fear across Ireland - a hunter who stalked his prey in the heart of the area known as the vanishing triangle.But where is Larry Murphy…
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BEST OF CRIME WORLD 2022: 'Predator' - Larry Murphy and Ireland's missing women (Part 2)
His name still strikes fear across Ireland - a hunter who stalked his prey in the heart of the area known as the vanishing triangle.But where is Larry Murphy…