Bootlegging All Over the World: Illegal Brews from North Korea to Pakistan
The term ‘rumrunning’ might be associated with Prohibition-era goons in the American Midwest. But bootlegging is alive and well today, and this week’s episode goes from Sean’s surprising discovery in ...
15 Aug 202341min
The Brutal Burmese Human Trafficking Syndicates of Southeast Asia: Classic Underworld
Hundreds of millions of dollars have been made by a vicious network of organized crime figures throughout Southeast Asia by preying on what the United Nations has called "the most persecuted people in...
18 Jul 202354min
A Romanian Mob Illicit Arms Deal With a Twist - with Trevor Aaronson
Trevor Aaronson is a contributing writer at The Intercept. The second season of his show Alphabet Boys digs into the strange story of Flaviu Georgescu, a Romanian-American “fixer” who got tangled up i...
10 Jul 202345min
North Korea's Crypto Crimes: Special Episode from Click Here
We have a special episode swap from the good folks at the Click Here podcast. For years, North Korea was known for making such a perfect counterfeit hundred-dollar note, the Treasury Department had to...
27 Jun 202323min
Ridouan Taghi's Murderous Rampage, and the Cocaine Kings of Antwerp and Rotterdam - with Mitchell Prothero
Mitchell Prothero has been on the tail of Ridouan Taghi, the Mocro Mafia and the Marengo Trial for years—and he joins Sean to discuss "Gateway: Cocaine, Murder & Dirty Money in Europe", a podcast abou...
20 Jun 20231h 31min
Tiger Traffickers, Narco Zoos and the (Even Darker) Truth Behind Joe Exotic
In 2019 Sean spent weeks on the road between Oklahoma and Miami, investigating roadside zoo owner—and soon-to-be American icon—Joe Exotic. The truth was way, way darker than anything Netflix's Tiger K...
25 Apr 202344min
The World's Most Powerful Cocaine Broker: Inside the 'Ndrangheta with Antonio Talia
In recent years, another one of Italy's feared criminal groups has risen above the Sicilian Mafia to become among the most powerful organized crime groups in the world: The Calabrian 'Ndrangheta. Star...
18 Apr 20231h 4min
The Robber Baron Mafias of the Lawless Amazon Rainforest
Last year’s murders of journalist Dom Phillips, and indigenous rights campaigner Bruno Pereira, shocked Brazil and the world. But they were just one violent conclusion to a story of mafias of all stri...
11 Apr 202351min
