Episode 52: The final days of the once-notorious Ballymun Towers
It was the greatest social housing disaster in Ireland’s history - one which promised new beginnings for countless tenement families but instead became ground zero for the heroin epidemic.When the Sta...
6 Nov 202140min
Crime World Extra: The sorry end of once-powerful gangland 'fixer' John Traynor
He was the gangland fixer known as 'The Coach' and for decades he tried to play the criminal underworld, police and the media.Criminal John Traynor dreamed of wealth and women when he joined the ranks...
3 Nov 202137min
Crime World Extra: How Australia's biggest drug cartel was brought to its knees
It was a sensational blow to organised crime - and when Australia’s Federal Police joined forces with the FBI to create a phone network to infiltrate drug gangs, the fallout shocked both police and po...
2 Nov 202118min
Episode 51: Philip Cairns - The boy who never came home
He was the boy who never came home – the teenager whose innocent face has haunted generations of Irish parents.Now, the disappearance of schoolboy Philip Cairns 35 years ago is the subject of a new bo...
30 Okt 202153min
Crime World Extra: The dramatic takedown of Colombia's most notorious drug lord
It’s been described as the biggest blow against the Colombian drug cartels since the famous takedown of Pablo Escobar in the 1990s.Seven years since he was declared an enemy of the state and the boss ...
28 Okt 202131min
Crime World Extra: The life and extraordinary death of Northern Ireland drugs baron Noel Johnston
He was the notorious drug dealer who introduced heroin to his hometown of Ballymena, County Antrim.And after a lifetime of staying one step ahead of the law 61-year-old Noel Johnston made a final and ...
26 Okt 202124min
Episode 50: The rise of Narco terrorism in The Netherlands
A journalist shot dead on the street. A criminal lawyer assassinated on the doorstep of his Amsterdam home and the brother of a state witness gunned down as a reminder of the penalty for breaking the ...
23 Okt 202127min
Crime World Extra: The bloody past of critically ill gang boss Cornelius Price
He is due to face kidnap charges later this year in the UK and has been a central and violent figure in the Drogheda feud - but it seems gang boss Cornelius Price is unlikely to ever face up to his cr...
21 Okt 202130min
