The Irishman Who Hunted the Mob
20 March - 24 mins
Podcast Series
Newstalk Daily
When Goodfellas hit cinemas, most people saw a gripping mob story. Neil Moran saw something else entirely — a car he and his team had bugged, sitting quietly in the background behind Robert De Niro. Because for Moran, this wasn’t just a film. It was his case.
A retired FBI agent with nearly 30 years on the job, Moran worked on some of the most high-profile organised crime investigations in New York, from the infamous Lufthansa heist to the undercover world that inspired Donnie Brasco. Along the way, he crossed paths with real-life mob figures, wiretaps, surveillance ops, and the kind of split-second decisions that don’t always make it into the movies.
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