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Crime World

Hit podcast about criminals, drugs and the sins of the underworld - now with further in-depth investigations and exclusive insights at our new website crimeworld.com.Blood Brothers: Terror, torture and treachery inside the Hennessy Mob OUT NOW - https://www.crimeworld.com/podcast-series/blood-brothers/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Episode 265: Probation and Parole - How criminals are...

Crime World ·

2023/04/03

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.So how do you manage a killer in the community or balance the rights of those who are guilty with those of their victims?Nicola Tallant is joined by Vivian to chat about his lengthy career, his thoughts on managing offenders and life after crime. Hosted on Acast. See

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Episode 264: The sentencing of serial sex offender...

Crime World ·

2023/04/01

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.The former jockey had taken a train from Cork to Dublin and hunted for a victim in the capital's pubs - carrying a bag containing a change of clothing, condoms and three rolls of the tape which he later used to restrain his victim.Nicola and Niall Donald are joined by journalist and Crime World researcher Clodagh

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BEST OF CRIME WORLD: Why DNA evidence could solve the...

Crime World ·

2023/03/31

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 are.But however Baby John came to wash up on a beach with multiple stab wounds remains a mystery. This week Crime World reposts an interview with journalist Ralph Regal when it was announced that DNA would solve the crime and which details the almost 40 year case and its twists and turns. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more

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Episode 263: How the old school mafia are surviving...

Crime World ·

2023/03/29

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 of the Mafia and its old school criminal code? Is it a dying force? Has the mafia peaked or has it hit a comfortable plateau in a new world order where stringent Racketeering Laws keeps all criminality at bay?Nicola Tallant talks to Toronto Sun mafia expert and former New York Post crime correspondent Brad Hunter about the past and the future

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Episode 262: Katie Taylor's homecoming bout and why...

Crime World ·

2023/03/27

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 mob boss Daniel Kinahan are lurking.Boxer trainer Jamie Moore and others who had previous ties to MTK boxing, which Kinahan founded, will be in the ring and ringside for the event.So has boxing washed itself clean of organised crime or will Taylor big night be overshadowed by the exiled Daniel Kinahan?Nicola Tallant is joined by Niall Donald

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Episode 261: Could killer Patrick Quirke face...

Crime World ·

2023/03/25

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 Tipperary farmer who weaved a tangled web of sex, betrayal and murder was told that a warrant used to trawl searches on his computer was unlawful and that key evidence may have to be reviewed.Nicola Tallant is joined by Niall Donald and Eamon Dillon to chat about the Mr Moonlight saga and another court outing for the shamed socialite Marcus

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Episode 260: The two faces of INLA enforcer Gerard...

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2023/03/24

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 enforcer whose career in terror goes all the way back to his early 20s is a violent figure who once crucified a man with a nail gun. But on his days off he loves nothing than posing for family pictures with his long term partner and child.So what is behind the two faces of Mackin and what is he likely to do next?Nicola Tallant chats with

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32:52

Episode 259: The capital murder trials of convicted...

Crime World ·

2023/03/22

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.Silver, who is 46, will not even be eligible to apply for parole for 30 years after he was found guilty of the capitol murder of the Garda who he shot dead in cold blood in Roscommon in June 2020.Nicola Tallant talks to courts reporter Eoin Reynolds about the two trials that heard details of

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Episode 258: The new sanctions on Edin Gacanin and...

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2023/03/20

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.Gacinin, who’s the boss of the feared Tito and Dino Cartel, is originally from Sarajevo but lived most of his life in the Netherlands. His outfit formed part of the so-called European Super Cartel, headed up by Daniel Kinahan.So what does it mean and what affect are the

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Episode 257: How mob boss Barry Young was busted by...

Crime World ·

2023/03/18

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 taken from WhatsApp were among key evidence against him, which will be heard during sentencing.But while the 37-year-old Sligo gangster is undoubtedly facing a jail term, is he really just a shrewd businessman who knows that doing porridge is part of the game?Nicola Tallant chats with Niall Donald about the most-prolific crime boss in the

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BEST OF CRIME WORLD: The secret service spooks and...

Crime World ·

2023/03/17

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 to pass they will be crawling around the highways and byways of the country to make safe his passage.But the Secret Service are no strangers to Ireland, and they have had a few bemusing encounters here in the past in scenes which would often be at home in an episode of Father Ted.Now, in her new book The Green and White House, journalist Lynne

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Episode 256: Douglas Glynn - the mystery man who...

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2023/03/16

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.Douglas Glynn, already serving a six-and-a-half year sentence for his role in a plot to kill, pleaded guilty to ammunition and drug charges after the garda search of a lock-up he was operating at the height of the Kinahan-Hutch feud.Messages uncovered on an unidentified

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Episode 255: The scandals, scams and secret life of...

Crime World ·

2023/03/14

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 preparing to appeal the verdict, he's also facing an avalanche of further investigations into fraud, deceit and two suspicious deaths.The wealthy heir to a legal dynasty in South Carolina denied the murders, but State prosecutors say he killed his family to deflect from a massive financial probe into millions of dollars in missing money,

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Episode 254: Cornelius Price and the flashy funeral...

Crime World ·

2023/03/11

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.Beloved by his family, ‘Nailyboy’ - who is suspected of being involved in at least four murders, kidnaps and the brutal torture of members his own mob - Price was laid to rest in the style of a true mafia boss.So, what was the point of his extravagant funeral and others like it where

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Episode 253: The life and crimes of Limerick mob boss...

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2023/03/08

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 his own use at a family wedding in plush the Bunratty Castle in Limerick.But his claims fell on deaf ears and he was convicted and sentenced to community service by Judge Mary Larkin who said she was absolutely satisfied that the cocaine was to sell.Keane whose father Pa was a brother of Christy and Kieran Keane is a sulky race enthusiast and

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Episode 252: How road rage killer Kenneth Noye became...

Crime World ·

2023/03/06

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 sensational road rage incident which saw him go on the run for more than two years.Kenneth Noye was notorious a number of times over and the complexities of his past had a tendency to catch up on him time and again.Now 75 and free from prison he has finally broken his silence and spoken for the first time in a new book by journalist Donal MacIntyre

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Episode 251: Jim Mansfield Jnr and Marcus Sweeney -...

Crime World ·

2023/03/04

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 Marcus Sweeney mixed with high society and graced the celebrity gossip columns, but both hid dark secrets that have left them fighting for their reputations.As Mansfield Jnr tastes freedom for the first time since he was jailed in Portlaoise Prison for perverting the course of justice, and as Sweeney takes to social media after a damaging CAB

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Episode 250: The new IRA and the attempted murder of...

Crime World ·

2023/03/01

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 - a callous shooting which has shocked all Ireland.The second hand Fiesta purchased in a private sale on February 8th was hidden in Belfast and then used by the gunmen who sprayed bullets at the officer after a training session for teenagers.Nicola Tallant speaks to Belfast Telegraph Crime Correspondent Allison Morris about the recruitment of

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Episode 249: Inside the police files of Raffaele...

Crime World ·

2023/02/28

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.But police hacks into encrypted phone networks made a bullet proof case against him for the Italians and now he has decided to co-operate to reduce his term in prison there.But what will Imperiale say and how many of Europe’s top crime bosses can he implicate?Dr Anna Sergi, an Organised Crime Professor at the

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Episode 248: The Murdaugh family and their twisted...

Crime World ·

2023/02/27

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. A police investigation finds him the suspect and a web of lies, fraud and deceit unravels as famous South Carolina personal injury attorney Alex Murdaugh is charged with the murders.Nicola speaks with crime journalist Brad Hunter about the incredible chain of events that officials say led to the

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