Game of Crimes

Retired LAPD Officer Frank Lyga was a 25-year undercover narcotics veteran when a split-second decision at a gas station changed everything. He fired twice in less than two seconds. By the time the smoke cleared, the media had already made up its mind — and the label "racist killer" followed him for years.

Retired LAPD Officer Frank Lyga spent 35 years on the job — 25 of them buried deep inside Los Angeles's most dangerous drug networks as an undercover narcotics agent. 

The Mexican government told you cartel violence is going down. They lied. A U.S. Army intelligence officer just walked us through the evidence — and what he found about cartel cyber operations, drone surveillance, and government cover-ups changes everything you thought you knew.

He spent years as a U.S. Army intelligence officer — training Mexican military police, analyzing cartel threats in real time, and watching the situation get worse. Now Stefano Ritondale is telling you what the government won't.

For six years, FBI Special Agent Joe Pistone lived a lie that nearly swallowed him whole. Armed with a fake name—Donnie Brasco—and nerves of steel, Pistone infiltrated the most dangerous organized crime families in America, earning the trust of mob bosses and hitmen while his own identity slowly disappeared.

Veteran crime journalist Annie Schwartz was inside the Jeffrey Dahmer investigation. In Part 2, she turns her lens on the media itself — and what she exposes is more disturbing than anything she found in that apartment.

Annie Schwartz was a young crime reporter when a police source delivered a message no journalist could ignore: "You need to get over here. There's a guy saving body parts in his apartment." She drove to an unremarkable Milwaukee apartment — and walked straight into the Jeffrey Dahmer case.

In Part 2 of this explosive interview, Ray Donovan — the DEA's Chief of Operations — goes deeper than any headline ever has. This isn't the sanitized version you've heard before. This is the real account of how a multi-agency coalition of DEA, FBI, and HSI agents coordinated one of the most complex law enforcement operations in modern history to bring down Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzmán and dismantle t...

In Part 1 of this exclusive true crime interview, Ray Donovan opens up about the pivotal mentorship that launched his law enforcement career, the brutal realities of life inside the DEA, the international operations that defined a generation of drug enforcement, and what it really takes to rise from rookie agent to Chief of Operations of the preeminent drug enforcement agency in the world!!

In Part 2 of this explosive episode, Game of Crimes sits down with Aaron Graham and Derek Maltz — two law enforcement veterans who've tracked these networks from the front lines — to reveal how technology has handed cartels their most powerful weapon yet.AI and 3D printing have shattered every barrier that once kept counterfeit drug production out of reach. Today, a cartel chemist with a simple ma...

In Part 1 of this episode of Game of Crimes, two retired DEA law enforcement experts, Derek Maltz and Aaron Graham, pull back the curtain on one of the deadliest crises in American history: counterfeit prescription pills laced with synthetic fentanyl — and the $4.5 billion global death trade fueling it.These aren't street drugs. They're stamped, pressed, and packaged to look exactly like Xanax, Ad...

What's the difference between a detective who closes cases — and one who never lets a killer escape? Retired Toronto Police Service Inspector Hank Idsinga reveals the psychological tools, instincts, and mental discipline that separate good homicide detectives from truly great ones.

Retired Toronto Police Service Inspector Hank Idsinga shares the inside story of a 19-year career in homicide, culminating in one of Canada's most shocking serial murder investigations. Hank's team cracked the case that shook an entire nation.

Retired Secret Service polygraph examiner Brad Beeler goes deeper than any TV show, documentary, or true crime podcast has ever gone — into the real science of deception detection, the emotional cost of the work, and a formula for criminal behavior that will fundamentally change how you understand why people commit crimes.

Retired Secret Service Brad Beeler goes behind the badge to reveal what it truly takes to protect the most powerful person on Earth, and what 25 years of high-stakes federal service teaches you about human nature, sacrifice, and the truth!!

Jack Carr is the former Navy SEAL officer and #1 New York Times bestselling author behind The Terminal List — the explosive military thriller franchise that became a worldwide phenomenon on Amazon Prime. But before James Reece ever existed on the page, Jack Carr spent two decades in special operations executing the real missions that most people only see in movies.In this exclusive Game of Crimes...

Retired DEA Agent Chris Diaz goes deeper than any headline ever will. This isn't about tactics — it's about psychology. How do you infiltrate one of the most dangerous criminal organizations in the world? You think like them. You talk like them. You become them.Chris breaks down the exact psychological strategies he used to build trust with high-level cartel targets — how he posed as a major playe...

Chris Diaz pulls back the curtain on the dangerous world of federal drug enforcement. From undercover operations deep inside cartel networks to life-or-death decisions along the border, Chris takes you inside the real war on drugs — one that doesn't end when the badge comes off.But that's not all.  Chris authored a children's book that reached the International Space Station — he's on a new missio...

Retired Milwaukee Police Sergeant Patrick O'Donnell reveals the storytelling secrets behind Police Stories: The Rookie Years, and his podcast, Cops and Writers. Patrick breaks down exactly how law enforcement officers turn their real experiences into powerful, published memoirs — without losing the grit, the truth, or the people who lived it.

Former police officer and Army combat veteran Kevin Grogan pulls back the curtain on the real Savannah, Georgia — a city where wealth and poverty collide, where the port fuels a criminal underworld, and where cops face life-and-death decisions every single shift.In this raw, unfiltered episode of Game of Crimes, Grogan takes you from the battlefields of Iraq to the front lines of American policing...

In Part 2 of our conversation with Chief Nishan Duraiappah of Peel Regional Police, we go where most police chiefs won't. No press conference language. No spin. Just a straight-talking leader who inherited a department in crisis — and turned it into a blueprint for modern law enforcement. This is a law enforcement leadership masterclass. Chief Nish doesn't just talk about what's wrong with policin...

In this episode of Game of Crimes, we go deep with Chief Nish Duraiappah of Peel Regional Police — one of Canada's most respected law enforcement leaders. Chief Nish has spent over three decades navigating the most complex intersections of crime, culture, and community. His approach to criminal justice reform, police-community relations, and law enforcement leadership is unlike anything you'll hea...

In Part 2 of Game of Crimes, retired FBI Special Agent Barry Black — bomb technician, sniper, and 31-year veteran — reveals the cases that defined American counterterrorism, including a 2005 incident that changed everything the Bureau thought it knew about domestic terror threats.

Retired FBI Special Agent Barry Black reveals how a baseball coach in Alabama changed his life — and how diverse skills make the most lethal agents in the Bureau.  From fraud investigations to becoming a SWAT member, sniper, and ultimately a FBI bomb technician who participated in some of the most high-profile cases around the world.

In Part 2 of this exclusive Game of Crimes interview, 26-year DEA veteran Jeff Sweetin goes deeper — into the fake identities, the legendary pranks, the family sacrifices, and the parts of undercover work that no training manual ever prepares you for. From covert operations in Panama and Colombia to the quiet toll the job takes long after the mission ends, this is the conversation that happens whe...