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When Federal Agents with US Homeland Security raided two of rapper Sean Diddy Combs mansions in LA and Miami his career at the top of the hip hop scene began to collapse.
The artist formerly known as Puff Daddy and P Diddy amongst other names is now facing multiple civil lawsuits accusing him of sex trafficking, sexual abuse and rape.
So what is the background of billionaire Combs and could he be the next Harvey Weinstein or Jeffrey Epstein.
Nicola talks to journalist Douglas Century, an author and expert on the hip hop scene, about the story that has gripped America.
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Multiple gun seizures made this week have been linked to the Family organised crime group while a series of drugs and cash raids have meant it’s been a bad week for the bad guys.
Nicola speaks with Niall Donald and Eimear Rabbitte about weapons, stash houses and mugshots.
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Hundreds of restaurant and hotel reviews are left by Christy Kinahan Snr on a review system set up by Google.
The reviews purport to geotrack the phone used by the Dapper Don, an expert in counter surveillance and high end security technology.
Nicola speaks to Niall Donald about Kinahan and what could be behind the Godfather’s so called digital footprint.
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An Aladdin’s Cave of luxury items is seized from a woman allegedly linked to a Chinese drugs gang.
Now the Criminal Assets Bureau are looking for a court order to declare 88 items and cash as the proceeds of crime.
So who is Yan Yan Fan and how did she collect such a treasure trove of designer goods on a €30,000-a-year salary?
Nicola speaks with Eamon Dillon about fur coats, gold jewellery and a handbag deemed one of the most exclusive in the world.
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The boyfriend of an Irish woman stabbed to death in a New York bar has now been charged with her murder.
As friends and family were told of the horrific stabbing of Sarah McNally, just 41, her partner was being treated in hospital. Now he is facing court accused of the fatal attack.
Nicola and Niall speak with Sunday World news editor Eimear Rabbitte about the details we know so far.
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Hutch organisation loyalist James ‘Mago’ Gately has been linked to the gangland assassinations of David Byrne and Eamon The Don Dunne for the first time in a courtroom.
Gately who survived a number of shooting attempts himself was formerly a member of the Kinahan Organisation but remained loyal to the Hutch side after his friend Gary Hutch was murdered.
Nicola speaks with journalist Eamon Dillon about the extraordinary information about Gately’s links to organised crime heard during a Criminal Assets Bureau proceeds of crime case against him.
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Businessman Nathan McDonnell is to appeal a decision to refuse him bail after the High Court heard his father was offering 100,000 of his life savings as an assurance.
The Kerry garden centre boss and his co-accused James Leen are both in custody charged in connection with the country’s biggest ever crystal meth haul.
Nicola speaks with Niall Donald about the details which have emerged from the bail hearings about the States case against them
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He is the son of notorious gangland killer ‘Cotton Eye’ Joe Delaney and was convicted himself as an accessory to murder.
But today Scott Delaney who now goes by the name Scott Knight is urging underworld figures to unite at anti-immigration protests.
Nicola speaks to Niall Donald about how Delaney is part of a far-right ideology seeking to hijack protests like those held at Coolock.
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The leader of the DUP Jeffrey Donaldson sensationally resigned after being charged with historical sex offences.
Nicola and Niall Donald speak to Belfast Telegraph Crime Correspondent Allison Morris about the unlikely chain of events that made Good Friday an extraordinary news day.
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He is the CEO of Merchants Quay Ireland with a lengthy career behind him in the prison service making him perfectly placed to understand and empathise with the complexities of long term addiction.
Later this year the first injecting rooms will open at the Liffeyside facility and Eddie Mullins hopes the pilot programme will prove that giving addicts back some dignity will help with the public perception of them.
Nicola speaks to Eddie about his career, his experiences with the marginalised of society and his hopes for the future of addiction services.
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