Crime World

Tony Sales and Lennox Rodgers are two men with a lot in common. They're both reformed criminals, they've both written books about their lives, and they're both working to make a change in the world.   Speaking to Clodagh Meaney during a live recording of Crime World at Crime Con in London earlier this year, they discuss their past, their path to redemption and what they've learned along...

Barbie Kardashian has been found not guilty of threatening to kill to a prison officer and a fellow inmate after taking the stand in court. Kardashian admitted in the witness box to making the threats but said they were said in a fit of rage. Niall speaks to Sunday World News Editor Eimear Rabbitt about life behind bars for Ireland’s most high profile trans prisoner. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com...

It’s question time on Crime World. So today we are discussing my impressions of Thomas ‘Bomber’ Kavanagh, the chances of Anthony Campbell killers being caught and gangland killer Robbie Lawlor’s secret girlfriend. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Thomas Bomber Kavanagh cooked up his gun plot while behind bars with a cousin of football legend Steven Gerrard. Known as Uncle Bobby, Gerrard's first cousin is a cocaine trafficker who was behind bars at Dovegate prison as Bomber faced a hefty sentence for drug dealing and money laundering. Gerrard advised him to buy, bury and then hand up weapons to police to reduce any time he would serve - but...

A Garda dig to search for the remains of missing schoolboy Kyran Durnin has come to an end - but the questions remain about how a vulnerable child was allowed slip between the cracks.   This week, Tusla are due to publish a report detailing their interactions with the 8-year-old Co Louth boy who Gardai now suspect was murdered.   Niall speaks to Sunday Independent crime correspondent Ali...

Gerry 'The Monk' Hutch is set make another attempt to get bail as he hopes to come before a Spanish court in the next few days.   The veteran criminal remains behind bars as Spanish officials continue their investigation into suspected money laundering through property deals.   Niall speaks to to Sunday Independent crime correspondent Ali Bracken about the case against the Monk and how h...

The following is extracted from the audiobook of "Kinahan Assassins" by Stephen Breen and John Hand, available from Audible, Apple and Spotify. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The violent Hutch-Kinahan feud was one of the biggest challenges to police in the history of the Garda Siochana. Relentless, financed by a billion euro cartel, and with hit teams using new means of plotting their kill it left its mark on the fabric of Ireland. Now, journalists Stephen Breen and John Hand have penned a new book 'Kinahan Assassins'. They join Nicola to discuss their detailed look at...

Veteran criminal Peter 'Fatso' Mitchell who was once part of John Gilligan’s was caught up in the 2020 EncroChat hack when he was found to be transporting cocaine into Wales. But four years on and despite receiving a 10-year sentence in 2022 he has walked free from prison. Overcrowding, under-resourcing and too many criminals nabbed as part of the hack are partly to blame for the UK’s revolving pr...

Coming face to face with criminals, having coffee with killers and the weird feeling of being around a sex offender. Nicola and Niall answer your questions. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

From real Peaky Blinders and the modern days criminal gangs. What’s changed and what has stayed the same? In this episode, Nicola speaks to author Carl Chinn, live from Crime Con London, about the evolvement of organised crime and it’s effects on communities. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Criminal Assets Bureau have set their sights on an under-the-radar posh-boy protégé of Christy Kinahan Snr.   Ciaran ‘Sam’ O’Sullivan has been one of Kinahan's most trusted sidekicks for more than two decades - despite coming from a middle class background in South Dublin.    However, O'Sullivan is now facing a day of reckoning after the Bureau launched a case in the High Court...

Gerry Hutch is in custody in Spain after raids targeting the Hutch Organised Crime Gang earlier this week are linked to drug dealing and human trafficking by a spokesman for the Canary Islands’ High Court of Justice. So what awaits the criminal known as The Monk who was only recently running for the General Election? Nicola speaks with Niall Donald on the latest developments in the Spanish investi...

A bitcoin wallet containing 345 million in crypto currency lies locked away, its secret code still missing while the Criminal Assets Bureau hope that Ireland will one day have another Apple style windfall. Nicola speaks with Niall Donald about the incredible story of Clifton Collins, the cannabis grow-houses and the paranoia that caused him to lock away a fortune and lose the key. Hosted on Acast....

A Garda and Spanish police crackdown on the Hutch Organised Crime gang, The Monk’s’ Dublin home searched with the help of armed police, and a political career on the rocks. Nicola speaks with Niall Donald about the extraordinary developments days after it was reported that the veteran criminal was thinking of running for the Dail. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Burglary gang member Michael Stokes was left furious after a high-end BMW was seized by CAB in a court case last week   Stokes could be heard mutter 'wan*ker' under his breath after a judge ruled against him after hearing how he had more than €200,000 'churning' around his bank accounts despite the fact he had no job.   Niall speaks to Sunday World reporter Eamon Dillon about Stokes' nig...

Belfast Influencer Daryl Mahood has been the subject of repeated threats in recent years with the latest seeing her Mercedes car petrol bombed and her home attacked. So why is the young mum, whose father is a former LVF terrorist, being intimidated out of her home? Nicola speaks to journalist Stephen Moore about Mahood and intimidation in Northern Ireland. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy fo...

Thomas 'Bomber' Kavanagh and Liam Byrne have been jailed in the UK for stockpiling a 'fearsome' collection of firearms - including seven machine guns, three automatic handguns and an assault rifle   Kavanagh was handed a six-year sentence - which will be added to his existing 21-year term for drug trafficking offences.   While Liam Byrne also received his first serious criminal convictio...

A murder in Belfast of gangland’s most wanted man, Robbie Lawlor, uncovers a web of betrayal that spans out across the Irish underworld and beyond. Follow a bloody trail that leads all the way into the heart of one of the worst gang feuds Ireland has ever seen which culminates in the Narco-style dismemberment of a teenage boy, Keane Mulready Woods. And as the curtain is pulled back on the inner wo...

Armed police blocked off roads as part of a major security operation as Thomas 'Bomber' Kavanagh and Liam Byrne were escorted to the Old Bailey courthouse in London today.   The Dublin gangland figures were in the dock for their role in a bizarre plot to use a cache of weapons as a bargaining tool to get a reduced jail term for Kavanagh.   Niall speaks to Nicola who was in the Old Bailey...

The murder of Robbie Lawlor in the garden of a small terraced home in Ardoyne in Belfast has been one of the most intriguing and significant gangland killings in recent times. Months after he brutally murdered and dismembered teenager Keane Mulready Woods at the height of the Drogheda feud who wanted Lawlor dead and who pulled the trigger. In Nicola's new book Web of Betrayal, she pieces together...

Gerry ‘The Monk’ Hutch is considering running for election as a TD in the constituency of Dublin Central. One year after he walked free from the Special Criminal Court after he was found not guilty of murder what would that impact be in the hotly contested area where Sinn Fein Leader Mary Lou McDonald has topped the poll? What are the chances of the veteran criminal who is hugely popular in the no...

An extradition agreement between Ireland and the United Arab Emirates will be signed into law next week when Justice Minister Helen McEntee flies to Abu Dhabi in a move that is sure to send a chill through the Kinahan Organisation. Nicola speaks with Niall Donald about the latest developments and the ever-bleaker prospects for those seeking shelter in Dubai. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy...

Footballer Anthony Stokes was once Ireland’s most promising player but now he is fighting a 15-month jail sentence for cocaine and a high-speed car chase. So how did the 36-year-old go from a glittering career on the pitch to a courtroom. Nicola speaks with Eimear Rabbitte about Stokes and his brushes with the law. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A murder investigation is launched as an eight-year-old boy Kyran Durnin is reported missing. Gardai believe he may be dead for some time and are seeking information on any last sightings of him. Nicola speaks to Eimear Rabbitte about the case that has shocked the nation. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.