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Former Superintendent John ‘Spud’ Murphy has been moved to the open prison Shelton Abbey where he will now have to mix with killers and rapists for the first time.
The crooked cop who was caught stashing drugs in his Dublin home is serving a prison term while still under investigation for allegations that he worked with criminal gangs during a high-powered and decorated career.
Nicola speaks with Niall Donald about Shelton Abbey and it’s newest guest
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Kinahan Cartel leader Thomas 'Bomber' Kavanagh and his brother-in-law Liam Byrne made a shock U-turn earlier today when they changed their plea to guilty in the Old Bailey as their trial for a gun plot was about to get underway.
Nicola speaks with Niall Donald about the pleas and the code of Omertà and about the fate of their co-accused
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Seizures of €16 million of drugs, 11 high-value targets arrested and four organised crime groups targeted after an encrypted phone network called Ghost is taken down.
Nicola speaks with Niall Donald about the global law enforcement operation which targeted Australian and Irish gangs.
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Drug raids across Ireland target the organised crime group known as The Family. Almost €7 million worth of cocaine is seized and 100 Gardaí are part of the offensive. But in the background, another significant blow to criminal groupings is coming in the form of a Europol announcement due to take place tomorrow about the latest action against an encrypted phone network.
So has The Family fallen foul to a new sophisticated hack just like the one that toppled the Encrochat network?
Nicola speaks to Niall Donald about raids, phones and a new approach by An Garda Siochana.
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In episode two of the Crime World Book Club, Clodagh is joined by Oisin Feeney, host of The Troubles Podcast. They discuss 'Killing Thatcher' by Rory Carroll which details the IRA’s attempt to assassinate Margaret Thatcher and the investigation that followed.
You can find Oisin on Instagram @thetroublespodcast and listen wherever you get your podcasts.
This episode of Crime World was edited by Jason Maleney, with audio and video recording by Neasa Cumiskey and it was produced by Clodagh Meaney.
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A woman reported killer Johnny Creswell to the PSNI in 2016, four years before he murdered Katie Simpson, after he had exposed himself to her at a horseyard in County Antrim.
The victim told the PSNI that he was dangerous, had threatened her boyfriend and had boasted about the horrendous violence he'd doled out to his ex-partner Abigail Lyle.
Yet no prosecution was brought and nothing was found on file about the incident when Creswell brought Katie to hospital in 2020.
Nicola speaks with journalist Tanya Fowles about the ongoing revelations about Creswell and his shocking catalogue of abuses of women within the equestrian industry.
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How do crime journalists talk to sources? And why are they given information and by who?
Those are amongst the questions we tackle today in a Crime World special show, where you the listener, sets the agenda.
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Searches are being conducted in Donegal for the body of missing teenager Arlene Arkinson who went missing in the company of notorious rapist and child killer Robert Howard more than 30 years ago.
Nicola is joined by journalist Ciaran O’Neill who tells a story of an incredible tragedy on the Irish border.
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Hitman Imre Arakas who was caught in Ireland on a Kinahan contract to kill has admitted a gangland murder in Lithuania and said he was sorry - that it was the worst decision of his life.
Nicola speaks to Niall Donald about the colourful assassin and the latest chapter in his unfolding life of crime.
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An ally of Daniel Kinahan, who has been described as Australia's biggest cocaine trafficker, has been unceremoniously booted out of Dubai.
Hells Angels boss Angelo Pandeli had lived the high life in the Gulf State since 2018 where he owned a stunning mansion on the famous Palm Jumeriah island.
But his days as an ex-pat drug lord came to an end when he was deported back to Sydney Airport last week.
Niall speaks to Sunday World reporter Eamon Dillon about Pandeli, biker gangs and Australia's underworld.
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