Episode 244: How British mobster Robert Dawes became a pied piper for a generation of Dubai-based criminals
BRITISH drug baron Robert Dawes became known as the pathfinder for a generation of criminals, including the Kinahan Cartel, when he was one of the first to make Dubai his home and the headquarters of his trans-global empire.Ancient money transfer systems, a blind eye to suitcases of cash and easily attained residential permits all added to the attraction of the United Arab Emirates for Dawes and the countless other drug dealers that followed him to the Gulf paradiseBut the 55-year-old has found that not everything is fool-proof and that the past can have a sneaky way of creeping up on you.Nicola Tallant chats with journalist and author Carl Fellstrom about the incredible story of Dawes, who is now standing trial in a French court along with his lawyers, who say he tricked them into producing a false document to a drugs trial. Jailed for 22 years for cocaine smuggling, he now faces further imprisonment in France while authorities in the Netherlands are now lining up to try him for murder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
21 Feb 202349min
Episode 243: The return of the Dundons and the secret property portfolio of Kinahan mobster Ross Browning
RAIDS on the homes of notorious crime brothers, the discovery of a cocaine mixing factory and the seizure of a home and equestrian facility owned by a Cartel odd bod - welcome to Crime World.Today Nicola Tallant is chatting with Niall Donald and Eamon Dillon about the Dundon brothers' comeback, Ross Browning's property portfolio and the far-right celebrity hanging out with a convicted criminal. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
18 Feb 20231h 1min
Episode 242: The downfall of 'Otoniel' the world's biggest cocaine dealer
He's the Colombian narco who rose from humble origins to become the biggest wholesaler of cocaine in the world. Dairo Antonio Usuga, better known by his nickname, Otoniel, used torture and murder to rise to the top of the feared Gulf Clan Cartel, but he cut a different figure earlier this month when he pleaded guilty to drug trafficking in a New York court and agreed to hand over $216 million in reparations.Niall Donald chats with Toby Muse, author of 'Kilo: Inside the Cocaine Cartels', about the demise of Otoniel and the impact it will have on the coke trade. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
16 Feb 202333min
Episode 241: When victims of crime come face to face with their offenders
VICTIMS of crime can often feel forgotten in the process of justice, but what benefits are there to bring them together with an offender?Nicola Tallant talks with Dr Ian Marder from Maynooth University about restorative justice and it’s meaning for the victims of crime. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
15 Feb 202344min
Episode 240: Gilbert King on the shocking murder of Michelle Scholfield and the new evidence which puts a convicted murderer at the scene of the crime
When Gilbert King was asked by a Judge to look into a case of wrongful conviction he was shocked by the request and intrigued by the story.Michelle Scholfield was murdered in 1987, and her husband Leo, who protests his innocence, has remained behind bars for the crime ever since. In King's new podcast series Bone Valley, he looks at the trial which put Schofield behind bars, shocking new evidence which puts a convicted murderer at the scene of the crime and the tragic murder of a young woman.I'm Clodagh Meaney and this is crime world a podcast from SundayWorld.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
13 Feb 202339min
Episode 239: How the cocaine boom means crime gangs now pose as big a threat in the EU as terrorism
Organised crime is now posing as big a threat to countries in the EU as terrorism a commissioner warned this week.And as criminals including Irish Godfather George 'the Penguin' Mitchell are left reeling after another major encrypted phone hack it seems like police are fighting fire with fire as the battle against the mobs heats up.This week on Crime World’s weekend show I’m joined by my colleague Niall Donald and journalist Carl Fellstrom to discuss the cartels' intent on turning Europe into a Wild West.This is crime world a podcast from SundayWorld.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
11 Feb 20231h 2min
Episode 238: How George 'the Penguin' Mitchell's encrypted phone network was smashed by European cops
He is Ireland’s most wily Godfather of Crime - a criminal so slippery he has managed to evade the law for decades while rising to the very top of Europe’s underworld.But has a phone been the undoing of George ‘The Penguin’ MItchell, or will he waddle away from the clutches of law enforcement yet again.This week I’m talking to Niall Donald about the massive police hack of the 'Exclu' encrypted network closely linked with Mitchell, about the underground bunker where it was developed and about the possible fallout of the hack for the world's largest criminal organisations.This is crime world a podcast from SundayWorld.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
10 Feb 202338min
Episode 237: Kinahan cartel money man Brian Mahony's rise and fall at the hands of Criminal Assets Bureau
He’s the Kinahan fixer who decked out his house with Plasma screens and bullet-resistant glass, but now Brian Mahony has gone and the keys of his palace are with the Criminal Assets Bureau.After climbing the career ladder in the mob, Mahony has now given up his assets without a fight and a community will soon see a for sale sign outside what was once the best-kept house in the neighbourhood.Today I’m talking with journalist Eamon Dillon about the low-key fixer who tried to stay under the radar as he washed drug money but who came a cropper as he feathered his nest and lived the high life in organised crime. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
9 Feb 202329min
