Brazil's Red Command Rules the Favelas
In the late 1970's when a military dictatorship ruled Brazil, revolutionaries and hardcore criminals formed a collective in a brutal maximum security island prison, giving birth to Brazil's first supe...
24 Mars 202148min
Black Caesar: The Biggest International Black Druglord You've Never Heard Of
Frank Matthews went from a poor boy in North Carolina stealing chickens to running one of the biggest heroin rings America has ever seen before disappearing without a trace after getting arrested with...
17 Mars 202143min
Rasta City vs The Muslims: Trinidad's Gang Wars and Abu Bakr's Attempted Coup
In 1990, the tiny Caribbean nation of Trinidad and Tobago saw the only attempted Islamic militant overthrow of a government in the Western Hemisphere. The coup led by Abu Bakr and his Jamaat Al Muslim...
11 Mars 202151min
How Albania's Mafias Took Over Europe (and more)
The "Mafia Shqiptare" was forged during communism, exploded into life during a nationwide pyramid scheme, and unleashed a wave of drugs and violence across Europe from the late 90s. We dive into its m...
3 Mars 202152min
Sicily's Brutal Wars and Mafia Super Trial
The "Maxi Trial" pitted two fearless Palermo prosecutors and turncoat "Pentiti" against the Cosa Nostra, its thuggish leader Toto Riina, and a whole host of corrupt cops, politicians and businessmen. ...
3 Feb 202141min
Bitcoin Blood Gangs and The Greatest Scammer of All Time
Early one morning this past June, 6 fully kitted out SWAT teams in Dubai fanned out across multiple luxury buildings. They were targeting a vast criminal conspiracy that had scammed hundreds of millio...
26 Jan 202141min
The Car Bomb Wars of the Israeli Mafias
Car bombs, shoulder-fired missiles, grenades and hits across 5 continents; the Israeli mafias that rose up in the 90's and fought each other for control of gambling and drug rackets for the following ...
19 Jan 20211h 20min
The Drug Lords and Killer Cops of the Philippines
Over the last few years, Sean's been on the ground covering the Philippines' brutal drug war amongst the dealers, addicts, and killer cops. Rodrigo Duterte, the architect of the Philippines' blood-soa...
12 Jan 202146min
