Crime World

A dismembered body of an unidentified victim, a missing head and a mystery that took years to solve. The case of Farah Swaleh Noor and the so called Scissor Sisters who were convicted of his brutal death fascinated the nation but behind the scenes one Detective was uncovering a tragic story that he would never forget. Nicola speaks with retired Chief Superintendent Christy Mangan about the body in...

The trial of Noel Long for the murder of Nora Sheehan in 1981 is entering it’s final phase this week when the Prosecution and the Defence give their closing speeches. Long has pleaded not guilty to the cold case murder of the 54 year old woman from Ballyphehane in Cork 42 years ago. Nicola speaks with Crime World’s Clodagh Meaney about the latest evidence in the trial. Hosted on Acast. See acast.c...

For the second episode of our Crime World special marking the 50th birthday of the Sunday World, Nicola is joined by Fr Brian D'arcy. The Catholic priest has been a columnist with the newspaper for almost half a century. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It was the attack that lead the US to warn tourists to 'keep a low profile' in Dublin city centre. Last week, New York native Stephen Termini was left with possible life-changing injuries after an attack on Dublin’s Talbot Street. The shocking attack sparked a wave of calls to get more gardai on the beat and stamp down on random violence. But has our capital city really become a lawless hellscape?...

He was Scotland's first ambitious drug baron who went from being a diver in the oil industry to a major league importer. Ambitious and ruthless, Julian Chisholm rose the ranks at an incredible speed as he plotted to use Scotland's sleepy fishing villages and islands as his landing points for drugs bartered directly from the Cali cartel. But was his greed his undoing? Nicola is joined by reporter B...

A security crises for the state with a breach that could be one of the most serious ever discovered in Ireland. Nicola speaks to Niall Donald about the stand off between top Gardai, the Criminal Assets Bureau and Revenue after an officer with full access to confidential information was caught up in a major drugs operation - but who has yet to be suspended from duty or had her access removed. We di...

Curtis ‘Cocky’ Warren in one of Liverpool's most infamous drug lords but after serving a lengthy sentence behind bars he could be heading straight back to jail after breaching strict rules around his release. Once on the Sunday Times rich list the criminal has been caught continuing a relationship with a former prison warden and breaking draconian conditions that forbid him the use of the internet...

This year marks the 50th birthday of your favourite Sunday World newspaper and what a half century it has been. To celebrate we are looking back over some of the front page stories, scandals with the big name journalists who made it the People’s Paper. So join us to reel in the years over the coming weeks on Crime World and at a special 50th birthday party event to be held on September 27th at the...

US sanctions against the Kinahan mob have been extended to a number of key associates linked to the European Super Cartel. But with all still finding shelter and safety in the United Arab Emirates can we trust Dubai to hand back the wanted? Nicola is joined by Niall Donald and Italian journalist, mafia expert and author Floriana Bulfon about the international conglomerate of cocaine billionaires w...

She made headlines for all the wrong reasons when she was dubbed a ‘Gangsta Granny’ in a pun on the David Walliams children’s book. But Deirdre Brady insists that she was only doing what she told when she laundered cash for the mob and was too afraid to say no. Brady just released from prison after serving three months of a one year sentence for her part in laundering cartel cash says she is just...

DNA taken from possessions belonging to cold case murder accused Noel Long was sent to a UK laboratory in 2022 a court has heard. Long has denied murdering 54 year old Nora Sheehan whose body was discovered in June 1981 in undergrowth near Cork City. Clodagh Meaney joins Nicola and Niall Donald to discuss the latest from the trial before a jury at the Central Criminal Court. Hosted on Acast. See a...

He is known as the Kinahan Cartel odd bod the strange outrider who tried desperately to cut the cord with organised crime. Ross Browning once claimed he’d turned his back on his childhood friends to forge a new life in a spiritual, vegan zen of healthy living and exercise. But the truth of his ‘awakening’ culminated in the arrival of Criminal Assets Bureau officers at his vast property in north Du...

Killer Wayne Dundon was transferred to Portlaoise Prison last week after a fight with a fellow inmate which turned into a mass brawl resulting in four staff from Mountjoy Jail being hospitalised. But on arrival at the prison he failed a test in the so called ‘Boss Chair’ and is suspected of carrying a mobile phone internally. Dundon is now on the A5 punishment landing of the country’s most secure...

74 year old Noel Long went on trial this week accused of the murder of Nora Sheehan in 1981.The then 54 year old was found dead at Shippool Woods in Co Cork six days after she vanished. As the trial gets underway, Nicola is joined by Clodagh Meaney and Niall Donald to discuss the case. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The man suspected of murdering his girlfriend Kirsty Ward in a Spanish hotel has released a selfie video from his prison denying he had anything to do with her death and claiming the truth will out. But 30 year old Keith Byrne remains under investigation and in custody despite his claims. Nicola is joined by Niall Donald to talk about the unusual video which has spread far and wide on social media...

Hitman for hire Alan Wilson lashed out at prison officers during a shift change in the Midlands Prison as he said he didn’t recognise the new wardens landing himself a transfer to the top security jail in the country. So how do officers cope and what do they do when dangerous criminals explode and attack them without warning? What are the protocols followed in prisons and how do staff deal with un...

Killer Aaron Brady is set to appeal his conviction for the capital murder of Garda Adrian Donohoe next October. But in the meantime an online campaign for his freedom is claiming that he is the victim of a stitch up and amongst other inconsistencies he was not tall enough to kill the tragic Garda. But what benefit is such a campaign and whose support has it attracted? Nicola speaks with Niall Dona...

Former Late Late Show host Ryan Tubridy came out fighting for his career today during six gruelling hours before the Oireachtas Committees who quizzed him and agent Noel Kelly about payments from the public purse. As the RTE scandal continues into it’s third week politicians still want to know whether laws were broken and by who. During two sessions, Kelly was forced to repeatedly deny there was f...

Martin ‘The Viper’ Foley could be facing a short jail term after pleading guilty to engaging in threatening behaviour as he attempted to recover a debt from a Wexford pensioner. The 67 year old who is one of Ireland’s most notorious gangland criminals’ faces a maximum sentence of three months but what is more insightful to where his criminal career is at, is the amount of money he was due to be pa...

IT'S the diamond capital of Europe and the second city of Belgium, but Antwerp is also on par with Rotterdam as the largest entry point for cocaine into the continent. Last year, 110 tonnes of the powder was seized at the city's sprawling port, where authorities are coming under increasing pressure to do more to take on the drug gangs. However, it's not as simple as beefing up police numbers and i...

It's almost two years since famous Dutch journalist Peter R. De Vries was shot dead on an Amsterdam street in an assassination believed to have been ordered by Marengo suspect Ridouan Taghi. For decades, the 65-year-old TV star had been a voice for victims and a tireless campaigner against criminals and their crimes. But when his killers came for him on a sunny July evening on one of the busiest s...

A mystery on a Donegal cliff side, an idyllic fishing community left in shock and a victim with a shady past. Nicola speaks to journalist Allison Morris about the death of 67 year old trucker Robert Wilkins and the reasons why he was in Killybegs. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Journalist Jan Meeus a senior reporter at NRC in Amsterdam didn’t start out as a crime hack but since he made the transition from his finance beat he’s become one of the best known in the Netherlands. His latest book 'De Schiedamse - Cocaine Mafia' tells the story of a corrupt customs officer, seasoned criminals and thousands of kilos of coke while his podcasts including Cocaine Fever follows the...

The Marengo trial is the largest ever held in the Netherlands and at the centre of it sits gang leader, Ridouan Taghi, a business partner and friend of Daniel Kinahan, who's reigned terror on Europe. A street dealer turned millionaire cocaine boss, he's the epitome of the new order of criminal, a frightening breed of gangster who has taken on a state. Today, in the first of a number of dispatches,...

The opinion of a psychiatric report prepared for the Coroner investigating the death of teenager Noah Donohoe is that he died from suicide while struggling with his sexuality and having built up an obsession with controversial psychologist Jordan Peterson. His mum Fiona Donohoe has rejected the conclusion but it does give a fascinating insight into what was going on in young Noah’s life in the run...