Podcasts
CRIME WORLD | Episode 290: Mexico's narco state - corruption, guns and the fentanyl crisis
Mexican based author Ioan Grillo has worked as a crime journalist for more than 20 years in a country that is a true narco state.
CRIME WORLD | Episode 289: Gardaí to quiz Kinahan ally turned state witness Raffaele Imperiale
Gardaí have officially joined the queue in a bid to talk with Italian super cartel member Raffaele Imperiale who spent years in business with mob boss Daniel Kinahan.
CRIME WORLD | Episode 288: Could you tell if you were living next door to a serial killer?
Serial killers are one of the most fascinating and spoken about facets of the true crime genre.
CRIME WORLD | Episode 287: The story behind sensational 'Headless Body in Topless Bar' headline
IT was the headline that vent viral 1983 style, inspired the movies and is being celebrated by old school tabloid hacks across the world 40 years on.
CRIME WORLD | Episode 286: Fat Freddie Thompson's bust up behind bars and Portlaoise Prison’s infamous lags
Ireland’s most secure prison is a melting pot of some of the most dangerous, notorious and difficult inmates where each landing is ruled by a top dog and where official and underworld rules apply.
CRIME WORLD | Episode 284: The story of 'Doomsday Mother' Lori Vallow and husband Chad Daybell
THEY'RE the doomsday preppers who were arrested while on honeymoon in Hawaii.
CRIME WORLD | Episode 285: The tight security measures set for Katie Taylor's homecoming fight
THE weigh in is due to take place today for the big fight between homecoming hero Katie Taylor and her boxing rival Chantelle Cameron.
CRIME WORLD | Episode 280: Money laundering, criminal assets and how investigators follow the cash
ALMOST 100 years ago a team of untouchables brought down Al Capone following a trail of money that led right to the top of his crime empire.
CRIME WORLD | Episode 283: Inside Barry Young's reign as a feared drug boss
GANG boss Barry Young ran a mob of 20 drug dealers and sent out enforcers to collect his debts in Sligo often smashing up homes for less than €500 owed.
- Irish Crime
CRIME WORLD | Episode 281: Julie Flood, Christina Anderson, and the insanity defence
THEY are the violent deaths that can leave shattered families struggling for answers afterwards.
- Irish Crime
CRIME WORLD | Episode 279: Addicted Ireland - the nation's battle with cocaine, booze and betting
HE is the consultant psychiatrist with his finger on the pulse when it comes to alcohol abuse, cocaine use and gambling addictions.
- Irish Crime
CRIME WORLD | Episode 278: The jailing of Ger Dundon and the murky murder of Robbie Lawlor
GER DUNDON was sentenced to 15 years for his role in a kidnap and extortion plot in the UK, in a hearing that shed some light on a tangled web of mobsters, killers and violent criminal gangs who were all closely linked to the murder of hitman …
- Irish Crime
CRIME WORLD | Episode 276: Drug-debt intimidation and how a jailed gangster is spreading fear
HE is the notorious gangland killer currently serving a life sentence but is still spreading fear outside the prison walls.
- Irish Crime
Episode 275 | The Regency fallout, the €1m 'Monk' bounty and the double-crossing republican spy
A €1 million bounty on the head of Gerry ‘The Monk’ Hutch, a down payment given to a terrorist to entice him to carry out the job and a vipers' nest of dissident Republicans identified in the aftermath of The Regency trial.
- Irish Crime
CRIME WORLD | Crime World Long Read: The story of Gerry 'The Monk' Hutch (Part 4: Trial of the Century)
THIS is the story of Gerry 'The Monk' Hutch, from his early days as a young hoodlum through to his astonishing acquittal in the Special Criminal Court for the murder of David Byrne at the Regency Hotel.
- Irish Crime
CRIME WORLD | Crime World Long Read: The story of Gerry 'The Monk' Hutch (Part 3: Dublin underworld)
THIS is the story of Gerry 'The Monk' Hutch, from his early days as a young hoodlum through to his astonishing acquittal in the Special Criminal Court for the murder of David Byrne at the Regency Hotel.
- Irish Crime
CRIME WORLD | Crime World Long Read: The story of Gerry 'The Monk' Hutch (Part 2: The education of a criminal)
THIS is the story of Gerry 'The Monk' Hutch, from his early days as a young hoodlum through to his astonishing acquittal in the Special Criminal Court for the murder of David Byrne at the Regency Hotel.
- Crime
gangland | Crime World host Nicola Tallant on following her calling ahead of nationwide podcast tour
THERE’S a code of silence in the Mafia and gangland underworld called ‘omertà’, which ruthless criminals use to protect themselves and their dirty business.
- Irish Crime
CRIME WORLD | Crime World Long Read: The story of Gerry 'The Monk' Hutch (Part 1: The double cross)
THIS is the story of Gerry 'The Monk' Hutch, from his early days as a young hoodlum through to his astonishing acquittal in the Special Criminal Court for the murder of David Byrne at the Regency Hotel.
- Irish Crime
CRIME WORLD | Episode 274: The Hutch Gang and the 'Dirty Dozen' behind the Regency hit
HE'S been cleared of murder charges in the Regency trial and has gone straight back into the bosom of his family in Dublin’s north inner city.
- Irish Crime
CRIME WORLD | Episode 273: Gerry 'The Monk' Hutch walks free after Regency murder trial
GERRY ‘The Monk’ Hutch walked free from court an innocent man after being found not guilty of the murder of David Byrne at the Regency Hotel.
- Irish Crime
CRIME WORLD | Episode 272: D-Day in Gerry 'The Monk' Hutch's murder trial
GERRY ‘The Monk’ Hutch will learn his fate on Monday when three judges from the Special Criminal Court return with a verdict after his lengthy murder trial.
- Irish Crime
CRIME WORLD | 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 tiny body riddled with 28 stab wounds and his remains placed in a manure sack, nobody …
- Irish Crime
CRIME WORLD | 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 the feared gangster and a number of his senior lieutenants.
- Irish Crime
CRIME WORLD | 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.
- World Crime
CRIME WORLD | 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.
- World Crime
CRIME WORLD | 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 Pack, the New Jersey-born bobby soxxer was also moonlighting as an associate of the mafia.
- World Crime
CRIME WORLD | 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 manage the supervision of hundreds of criminals released from jail.
- World Crime
CRIME WORLD | 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 dragged down a city lane way.
- World Crime
CRIME WORLD | Episode 262: Katie Taylor's homecoming bout and why it could be overshadowed by spectre of Daniel Kinahan
Boxing champion Katie Taylor is building up for a homecoming in Dublin in May in the 3 Arena.
- World Crime
CRIME WORLD | 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.
- World Crime
CRIME WORLD | 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.
- World Crime
CRIME WORLD | 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 family of Garda Colm Horkan are expected to be read.
- World Crime
CRIME WORLD | The new sanctions on Edin Gacanin and the global effort to take down 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 Irish mob as a business partner under the same financial restrictions.
- World Crime
CRIME WORLD | 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.
- World Crime
CRIME WORLD | 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 the gang's top commander in Dublin and his drugs and weapons storehouse.
- World Crime
CRIME WORLD | 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.
- World Crime
CRIME WORLD | 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, chainsaws and one curious front page of the Sunday World.
- World Crime
CRIME WORLD | Episode 253: The life and crimes of mob boss Christy Keane
A 30- year-old nephew of gang boss Christy Keane tried to convince a court that €580 worth of cocaine and €1300 in cash along with two mobile phones was for his own use at a family wedding in plush Bunratty Castle in Limerick.
- World Crime
CRIME WORLD | Jim Mansfield Jnr and Marcus Sweeney - boom buddies who ended up on 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.
- World Crime
CRIME WORLD | 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 Omagh last week - a callous shooting which has shocked all Ireland.
- World Crime
CRIME WORLD | 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 Ridouan Taghi and Daniel Kinahan.
- World Crime
CRIME WORLD | 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 catastrophic force.
- World Crime
CRIME WORLD | 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 their isolated hunting lodge. Both have been shot.
- World Crime
CRIME WORLD | 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 feud.
- World Crime
CRIME WORLD | 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 make Dubai his home and the headquarters of his trans-global empire.
- World Crime
CRIME WORLD | 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 odd bod - welcome to Crime World.
- World Crime
CRIME WORLD | 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.
- World Crime
CRIME WORLD | 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?