CrimeWaves

They are most powerful organized crime group in Western Europe.   They use a sophisticated drug trafficking network that is underpinned by corruption, racketeering and murder to make billions of dollars every year.  They laundered their money through the Vatican Bank with the help of a corrupt Vatican Cardinal, they are the 'Ndrangheta.  Antonio Nicaso is an expert on  the 'Ndrangheta. H...

$2 Trillion is stolen, there is a well-covered-up network of sexual abuse and tens-of-thousands of people are killed - if those are not crimes, what are?  Welcome to NATO's mission in Afghanistan.  It was an appalling, cluster-problem.  For those of you who don't know what happened in Afghanistan and why millions of Afghans choose scumbags like the Taliban over our lot - listen to this p...

Michael Franzese was a high-ranking mobster in the Colombo Crime Family, one of the big five families of the New York Mafia. His father was a hit man with dozens of kills. Michael was making millions of dollars a week for the mob in a complicated gas tax fraud scheme across four different states.  At 26, the family made him a Capo with dozens of mobsters underneath him and an illegal sports gambli...

Donnie Brasco is the most successful undercover agent in U.S. law enforcement.   For years, he infiltrated the Colombo and Bonanno Mafia families, resulting in hundreds of arrests, convictions and murders.   In this episode - a special international lecture for the University of New Haven Sports Integrity Center - Brasco explains the rules of the Mob.  How to dress, speak and comport yourself so y...

On a Tuesday morning in September of 2009, Annie Le walked into a building on Yale University Campus and she disappeared. Her mobile phone and her wallet were still in the office, yet there was no trace of Annie anywhere.  Three days later,  police Lieutenant Lisa Dadio was given the job of discovering what had happened.  It was a literal 'closed room mystery'.  There was intense interna...

It’s 2:00 in the morning and you get a call from your partner telling you a body has been found, what do you do? Our guest, the brilliant policeman turned professor, Peter Valentin, joins us this week to discuss crime scene analysis. From surveying the land, collecting evidence to dealing with non-homicide police departments, not everything is chalked up to be what it seems. What does it really ta...

For over a decade a killer stalked the women of Northern California. He raped and murdered dozens of people. And no one was able to catch him.  Until a new technology of investigative forensics was invented and - finally - the police had him in their sights…. Send us Fan Mail Please subscribe, rate, review or like this episode of CrimeWaves at YouTube or wherever you get your podcasts.   For more...

A dead man is found on a beach.   The detectives arrive.  They begin their investigation - when suddenly a massive storm cloud pours down rain.  It destroys all the evidence. The story of the painstaking two-year investigation and how the police solved the case... Send us Fan Mail Please subscribe, rate, review or like this episode of CrimeWaves at YouTube or wherever you get your podcasts.   For...

TO CATCH A KILLER.   ITS THE SUBJECT OF COUNTLESS MOVIES, TV SERIES AND BOOKS… BUT HOW DO INVESTIGATORS ACTUALLY DO IT?  WHAT ARE THEIR TECHNIQUES, THEIR TOOLS, THEIR TRICKS? ON THE NEXT MINI-SEASON OF CRIMEWAVES PODCAST WE HAVE A FASCINATING SERIES  OF INTERVIEWS WITH RANGE OF INVESTIGATORS.   MOST OF THEM ARE MY COLLEAGUES FROM THE CRIMINAL FORENSICS DEPARTMENT AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAVEN.  B...

Tim Donaghy was an NBA referee who gambled on his games with mob-linked bookmakers.  We asked the question that everyone wants to hear — did he fix?  His answer will shock you. Send us Fan Mail Please subscribe, rate, review or like this episode of CrimeWaves at YouTube or wherever you get your podcasts.   For more information on CrimeWaves please see -  www.crimewavespodcast.com www.declanhill.co...

Enes Kanter is an international sports star.  He was a massive presence in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for over a decade.  He was also under 24-hour protection from the FBI.  The reason?  His criticism of the human rights situation in his Turkey and Communist China. Enes Kanter joins Crime Waves to discuss his journey to becoming an athlete with a conscience — and the price he and hi...

For the pilot episode of Crime Waves , we are joined by Karim Zidan (@ZidanSports), an investigative journalist who covers the dangerous world of sports, human rights and the mob.  Crime Waves is hosted by Declan Hill (@declan_hill), international best-selling author of THE FIX and THE INSIDER'S GUIDE TO MATCH-FIXING IN FOOTBALL, journalist, and world expert on match-fixing and corruption in...