Episode 103: The Lithuanian gang who flooded Ireland with heroin through their network of slave dealers
6 May 2022 - 23 minsA Lithuanian gang who flew unwitting slaves into Ireland to sell heroin and then starved and beat them sounds like the plot from a TV crime drama – but that’s exactly what happened over the course of 15 years until Gardai, the PSNI and their Eastern European counterparts uncovered the mob.
Known as ‘The Russians’, the gang fuelled Northern Ireland’s emerging heroin market from the mid 2000s and later placed agents in Cork, Galway, Waterford and Kerry after being run out of Dublin by bigger gangs.
Nicola Tallant talks with journalist Paulie Doyle, who followed the trail of gang leader Kestutis Klemauskas and his violent lieutenants from Lithuania into the heart of loyalist Belfast and onwar...
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Episode 693: The death of accused killer Keith Lee
The inquest into the death of murder accused Keith Lee has heard that he died by suicide in a cell in Mountjoy Jail as he faced charges for killing his wife Joanne Ball whose body lay wrapped in a sleeping bag in the wardrobe of his bedsit for up to six days after she’d been killed. Nicola speaks with Niall Donald about a controlling relationship that ended in tragedy. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
20 mins
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Episode 692: Crooked cop John 'Spud' Murphy's move to open prison
Former Superintendent John ‘Spud’ Murphy has been moved to the open prison Shelton Abbey where he will now have to mix with killers and rapists for the first time. The crooked cop who was caught stashing drugs in his Dublin home is serving a prison term while still under investigation for allegations that he worked with criminal gangs during a high-powered and decorated career. Nicola speaks with Niall Donald about Shelton Abbey and it’s newest guest Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
17 mins
19 September Finished
Episode 691: Liam Byrne and Thomas ‘Bomber’ Kavanagh's last minute guilty pleas
Kinahan Cartel leader Thomas 'Bomber' Kavanagh and his brother-in-law Liam Byrne made a shock U-turn earlier today when they changed their plea to guilty in the Old Bailey as their trial for a gun plot was about to get underway. Nicola speaks with Niall Donald about the pleas and the code of Omertà and about the fate of their co-accused Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
13 mins
18 September Finished
Episode 690: Four Irish organised crime groups compromised in Ghost hack
Seizures of €16 million of drugs, 11 high-value targets arrested and four organised crime groups targeted after an encrypted phone network called Ghost is taken down. Nicola speaks with Niall Donald about the global law enforcement operation which targeted Australian and Irish gangs. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
22 mins
18 September Finished
Episode 689: Europol and Gardai set to announce latest encrypted phone network hack
Drug raids across Ireland target the organised crime group known as The Family. Almost €7 million worth of cocaine is seized and 100 Gardaí are part of the offensive. But in the background, another significant blow to criminal groupings is coming in the form of a Europol announcement due to take place tomorrow about the latest action against an encrypted phone network. So has The Family fallen foul to a new sophisticated hack just like the one that toppled the Encrochat network? Nicola speaks to Niall Donald about raids, phones and a new approach by An Garda Siochana. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
24 mins
17 September Finished
Episode 688: Crime World Book Club - The Troubles podcast host Oisin Feeney on 'Killing Thatcher' by Rory Carroll
In episode two of the Crime World Book Club, Clodagh is joined by Oisin Feeney, host of The Troubles Podcast. They discuss 'Killing Thatcher' by Rory Carroll which details the IRA’s attempt to assassinate Margaret Thatcher and the investigation that followed. You can find Oisin on Instagram @thetroublespodcast and listen wherever you get your podcasts. This episode of Crime World was edited by Jason Maleney, with audio and video recording by Neasa Cumiskey and it was produced by Clodagh Meaney. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
41 mins
17 September Finished
