Episode 181: How Dubai became the new Costa del Crime for the world's gangsters
Crime World5 Nov 2022

Episode 181: How Dubai became the new Costa del Crime for the world's gangsters

It’s been a place of refuge for countless mega-rich European drug traffickers who have beaten a golden path to the luxury Gulf state of Dubai over the past 10 years.And when a super cartel of the biggest cocaine traffickers sat down to do business at Daniel Kinahan's 2017 wedding at the seven-star Burj Al Arab hotel they couldn’t have felt safer.But arrests, deportations and sanctions have followed - with two now in prison and two left behind, trapped in their own luxury prisons.So how did Dubai become the new Costa Del Crime and how committed are police and rulers in the United Arab Emirates to handing back the crooks?Nicola Tallant talks with author and journalist Carl Fellstrom, who details the ancient Hawala money laundering system that has made crime easy, about the British drug trafficker who led the way to the Gulf at the turn of the century, and about the A-list traffickers - including the Kinahan mob - who followed to the cash-rich desert paradise.

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Episode 1338: Scissor Sister Charlotte Mulhall gets full release date from prison

Episode 1338: Scissor Sister Charlotte Mulhall gets full release date from prison

Scissor sister Charlotte Mulhall is due to get a release date this year when she finally finishes a life sentenced for murdering her mother’s partner and dismembering his body.So, what lies in store for Ireland’s most famous prisoner and how has she finished a life sentence aged just 39?Nicola speaks with Niall Donald about Mulhall and her time behind bars. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

8 Jan 12min

Episode 1337: Criminal who battered Devon Hennessy is behind knife-point hostage situation in jail

Episode 1337: Criminal who battered Devon Hennessy is behind knife-point hostage situation in jail

A brutal hostage scenario in an Irish prison is averted when skilled prison officers stand down the threat.Nicola talks with Crime World's Patrick O’Connell about the incident. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

7 Jan 13min

Episode 1336: 'Fat' Andy Connors' widow and her glamorous graveside photoshoot

Episode 1336: 'Fat' Andy Connors' widow and her glamorous graveside photoshoot

The widow of gangland banker ‘Fat’ Andy Connors has posed at his lavish grave on the anniversary of his murder.Ann Connors has faced trouble with the Criminal Assets Bureau, claimed false PUP payments during Covid and once turned her home into an illegal rental site to make ends meet.But posing in a fur coat beside the grave that remembers the leader of a home robbery gang as 'Big Fat Rich Andy Connors', she smiles for the cameras.Nicola talks with Niall Donald about the widow Connors and her trouble with the law. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

7 Jan 17min

Episode 1335: The three Ward brothers exposed by CAB as major drug traffickers

Episode 1335: The three Ward brothers exposed by CAB as major drug traffickers

Three Galway brothers are named as part of a major drug network supplying the tourism heart of Ireland as details of their cruel use of free slave labor emerges. Today Nicola talks to Eamon Dillon about Gary Ward and his band of brothers. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

6 Jan 16min

Episode 1334: How the net is closing in on ‘The Family’ gang boss Brian Grendon

Episode 1334: How the net is closing in on ‘The Family’ gang boss Brian Grendon

He was an unknown when he was picked up by gardaí with a large heroin consignment back in 2001, but in the past two decades Brian Grendon has really been placed on the gangland map.The head of the group known as 'The Family' is now facing sentence on tax offences and a file is currently with the Director of Public Prosecutions for consideration of serious gangland charges.Today, Nicola and Niall are talking about Grendon and his rise to fame. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

6 Jan 17min

Episode 1333: Why is Enoch Burke still behind bars?

Episode 1333: Why is Enoch Burke still behind bars?

He' s the teacher who has spent more than 550 days in prison in protest against a court order.But is Enoch Burke a saint or a sinner, and who are his contemporaries who have done porridge for their beliefs?Today, on Nicola's first day back after a lengthy hiatus, she speaks with Niall Donald about Enoch and what happens next. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

5 Jan 22min

Episode 1332: Groomed (Part 9) - Legacy of a Showjumper

Episode 1332: Groomed (Part 9) - Legacy of a Showjumper

Jonathan Creswell's suicide denied Katie Simpson's loved ones the opportunity for a murder trial. Despite Creswell’s death, the subsequent sentencing of three co-conspirators—Jill Robinson, Hayley Robb, and Rose De Montmorency-Wright—for charges related to the cover-up allowed the judge to confirm that Creswell was a "skilled and predatory abuser" with an "established pattern" of abuse against women. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

5 Jan 27min

Episode 1331: Groomed (Part 8) - The Net Tightens

Episode 1331: Groomed (Part 8) - The Net Tightens

Detective Sergeant James Brannigan's new investigation team finally made progress by assembling expert evidence contradicting Jonathan Creswell's story, culminating in Brannigan's team arresting Creswell, and charging him with Katie's murder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

2 Jan 30min

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