Crime World

Jan 26 2022 66 ep. 36 mins 877
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Crime World with Nicola Tallant, is a weekly podcast about criminals, drugs and the sins of the underworld. Discussing the real stories, and the real people, behind the grisly headlines.

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Episode 65: The threats, witness murders and prison escape plot in the Ridouan Taghi trial

Jan 26 2022 24 mins  
The murder of another witness in the Marengo Trial, the shocking revelations that suspect Ridouan Taghi was plotting a navy-seal-type jailbreak and a dramatic security breach around an under-threat journalist - what will happen next in The Netherlands? In a country under siege from organised crime, the very foundations of law and order are being challenged as a street dealer turne

Episode 60: CAB target Jonathan Gill and his new 'dispute-solving' business

Jan 10 2022 21 mins  
He is a well known Criminal Assets Bureau target who was once put on trial for a tiger kidnapping, but Dubliner Jonathan Gill has now launched a new venture as a conflict negotiator and says he can solve disputes in broken marriages, business upheavals and even in neighbourhood rows. With no major convictions, Gill says he is innocent of any involvement in crime but the courts hav

Episode 59: The most brutal 24-hour period in the North's troubled past

Jan 07 2022 41 mins  
In Northern Ireland’s troubled past there have been hundreds of atrocities and thousands of lives lost - but one 24-hour period stands out as the most brutal of all. Forty five years ago this week, unprecedented slaughter visited a small corner of south Armagh and left its mark forever on both the landscape and the lives of those left behind. First, was the brutal murder of th

Crime World Extra: A stolen masterpiece and an unlikely thief (re-post)

Jan 01 2022 57 mins  
Detective Anthony Amore tracks down stolen art and follows clues all over the world hunting priceless masterpieces which have been snatched by thieves. Today, Amore talks to Nicola Tallant about one time heiress, Rose Dugdale, who gave up a charmed life to become an IRA activist and a thief who picked out the jewels of Russborough House in Wicklow and later inspired the legendary

Crime World Extra: The American guns fuelling the deadly Mexican Cartels and drug wars (re-post)

Dec 21 2021 50 mins  
Drug war in Mexico – how the narcos and their violent sicarios are being armed by legally-sold weapons in the US.

Episode 58: 2021 - The Crime Year In Review

Dec 17 2021 56 mins  
It's been a year of takedowns and the end of the line for many. And while 2021 closes on a high note for gardai fighting organised crime, it has left many criminals counting their last days of freedom. Nicola Tallant is joined by Sunday World journalists Niall Donald and Eamon Dillon to look back at the stories that made the headlines. From John Gilligan to the Rathkeale Rovers,

Crime World Extra: An award-winning year of true crime coverage

Dec 15 2021 28 mins  
So we did it – we got through our first year on Crime World and managed to bag the 'Podcast of the Year' award along the way. It’s been a whirlwind 12 months, covering the tales about criminals, drugs and the sins of the underworld. So, now, Nicola Tallant takes a look back at some of the stories that made the headlines - both nationally and internationally - and the guests w

Crime World Extra: The sordid tales behind the Ghislaine Maxwell trial

Dec 06 2021 24 mins  
The trial of Ghislaine Maxwell in New York is finally underway after years of allegations about her relationship with paedophile Jeffrey Epstein and claims that she helped him procure young girls for sex. It has been a sensational fall from grace for the daughter of disgraced newspaper guru Robert Maxwell, who led a life of privilege that few could imagine. In the dock at a US Dis

Crime World Extra: The sorry end of once-powerful gangland 'fixer' John Traynor

Nov 03 2021 37 mins  
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 of Martin ‘The General’ Cahill's armed robbery gang, but he would later turn on his old boss in favour of the new order under John Gilligan. Traynor believed himself to be a ma

Crime World Extra: The Arrest Of Kinahan-Linked Mafia Boss Raffaele Imperiale

Aug 25 2021 24 mins  
Considered one of Italy’s most dangerous fugitives, suspected of being a boss of the Camorra mafia and the one-time owner of two stolen Van Gogh masterpieces, Raffaele Imperiale is now counting the cost of his life of crime. Arrested earlier this month in Dubai, he is facing hefty charges back in Italy and a lengthy prison sentence for his role at the very top of organised crime