Crime World

The so-called European Super Cartel has been dismantled in what has been a decade long global fight against organised crime.
So who are the next big name criminals in the Netherlands and Ireland and how are they doing business?
Nicola and Niall talk to our colleague Jan Meuss of NRC in Amsterdam about the fallout from a cocaine gold rush and what we can expect next.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Cartel boss Daniel Kinahan gave an inmate CPR and helped save his life in Portlaoise Prison before his appearance at the Special Criminal Court today.
The dramatic incident happened last week in the jail as he prepared for a brief appearance via video link.
The court was told that Kinahan will attend in person next Monday when his new solicitor will come on record.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A trial is due to get underway today in the Special Criminal Court where James Leen will stand accused of his role in a crystal meth plot which saw a Kerry garden centre and the Sinaloa Cartel collide.
Nicola speaks with Jenny Friel about Leen and the evidence expected at his trial.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

He was once Daniel Kinahan’s biggest fan and a boxer on the brink of global success. But after a fight went wrong, leaving Billy Joe Saunders with a broken eye socket, he ended up involved in a shocking baby shower brawl after turning to drink and gaining a vast amount of weight.
Spared jail in a UK court, he is due to make his ring comeback in December. But what were Saunders’ links to Kinahan, and why did he take the reputation of the mob boss so seriously?
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Killer brothers Gary and Sean Anderson were virtual unknowns before they were convicted to life behind bars for the murder of a Derry man.
But they hit the headlines in recent weeks when one did a runner after getting compassionate release for his father's funeral and the other did a mocking TikTok to Northern Ireland’s Justice Chief Naomi Long from his prison cell.
Nicola speaks to Steven Moore about the Andersons and an escape plot that ended in a Donegal caravan.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.