Crime World

A “baby-faced” Gucci Gang boss threatened a woman, claiming he would send “junkies” to rape her son over a drug debt he claimed he was owed.Mark Salmon’s campaign of terror was outlined in court after he pleaded guilty to making threats to kill, drug trafficking, and money laundering.Niall talks to Crime World's Eamon Dillon about how Salmon's life of crime began, as a pal of feud murder victims Sean Little and Zachary Parker. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A criminal from a small town in Co Offaly is suspected of acting as a 'logistical operator in Spain' for Ireland’s biggest drug dealing gang ‘The Family'. Keelan Hand is currently under investigation in Spain after he was arrested in August 2024 when police seized 110kg of cocaine valued at €7.71 million from a warehouse.Niall talks to Crime World's Ken Foy about Hand's unlikely rise from being a out-of-control thug in Offaly to Spain's Costa Del Crime. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A mother-of-eight who went on the run with her husband who was wanted for a gun murder has avoided jail.Jennifer Devine hid out in a hotel with her ‘cocaine-shovelling’ husband after he murdered her brother-in-law.Niall speaks to Crime World’s Eimear Rabbitt about why she was allowed walk free from court despite being convicted of withholding information.   Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

 Tracking devices and so-called infidelity kits are being used to coercively control women without their knowledge. These tests, available on an Irish website for as little as €62, claim to detect traces of semen hours after sex and provide proof of infidelity. Chloe McPolin speaks with Denise Smith about these testing kits and the dangers posed by tracking devices that are increasingly being used as tools of coercive control. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A local politician who is a mentor and friend to Conor McGregor had a truck gifted to him by the MMA star damaged in an arson attack outside his home.Councillor Philip Sutcliffe had to resign from the Independent Ireland party after standing shoulder to shoulder with McGregor during the civil rape trial taken by Nikita Hand.But the former coach and mentor to McGregor has continued in his support for the sportsman and happily accepted a gift emblazoned with the Black Forge Inn logo.Nicola and Niall talk about the arson attack...

Flashy gang enforcer Scott Capper caught again with a phone in jail, Barbie Kardashian’s porn ambitions, the world’s biggest cocaine haul and the Chawke siblings assault case.Niall Donald speaks to Crime World’s Eimear Rabbitt and Neil Fetherstonhaugh about the stories that caught our reader’s eye’s this week.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

 This week, the Katie Simpson review was published on behalf of the Department of Justice in Northern Ireland. It's a damning report on the police's handling of the investigation into Katie's death in August 2020. The 21-year-old showjumper from Armagh was murdered by her sister's partner, Jonathan Creswell. He staged her death to make it look like a suicide, a story that was accepted by the PSNI officers. Jenny Friel speaks to Nuala Lappin, a former domestic abuse officer who dealt with Creswell back in 2010 when he was found guilty of attacking his then-girlfriend, Ab...

Jailed Devon Hennessy has had a steel cage fitted to the front of his home in Corduff which he is turning into somewhat of a fortress.Hennessy a member of the notorious Hennessy Organised Crime Group will be one the first of the torture mob due out of jail in two years time. Despite their incarceration incidents of graffiti and arson attacks continue to torment the community.Nicola talks to Niall Donald about the latest from the Hennessy mob and our subscriber only deep dive podcast 'Blood Brothers’ on what turned them into an enemy of t...

Gerry Hutch is on the campaign trail and already sparking controversy with remarks about illegal immigrants which have been called ‘racist’ and Trump-like.Nicola talks with Niall Donald about 'The Monk' and a rocky start to his bid for the Dáil. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Colombia’s president Gustavo Petro has claimed that Daniel Kinahan sits on a ‘Board of Directors’ of international narco traffickers who control the world’s cocaine trade.Nicola speaks with Niall Donald about the remarks which suggest that Dubai in the headquarters of what he calls the Junta Directiva Del Narcotráfico. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Former UFC fighter Darren Till extended his support to his “friend” Daniel Kinahan during a recent podcast appearance.Till, who was previously represented by the cartel boss, spoke out following Daniel's arrest in Dubai last month.Nicola speaks to Niall Donald about Daniel Kinahan and how his crimes have seeped into the world of boxing.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A review into the murder of 21-year-old showjumper Katie Simpson has exposed ‘institutional misogyny’ within the PSNI and total failure to follow policing procedures in the case of her death.Killer Jonathan Creswell almost got away with murder when he presented Katie to hospital in Derry saying he had found her hanging. But months later, a second investigation team arrested and charged him before the courts.Nicola speaks with Jenny Friel about the 200-page report and its damning conclusions. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In May 2018,14-year-old Ana Kriegel was reported missing by her parents to the Gardai. After an intensive three-day search, her battered and naked body was found in a derelict farmhouse, a short walk from her home in Lucan, West Dublin.Thirteen months later, two 14-year-old boys, only ever known as Boy A and Boy B, were found guilty of Ana's murder. They remain the youngest people in Ireland to have ever been convicted of murder. Jenny Friel speaks with Crime World's Caoimhe Young about what could have led these children to commit such a heinous crime.<...

Journalist Pavel Barter could have never imagined the tale he would uncover when he started looking into one of the FBI's coldest cases.But the story of killer Joseph Maloney took him from the US right into the heart of Ireland and its fledgling movie industry to an unlikely love story and into the mind of a cold killer who poisoned his wife then reinvented himself.Nicola speaks to Pavel about his new book Runaway Joe and the podcast that has proceeded it. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.<...

Sean McGovern carried a Sudoku puzzle book and a copy of George Orwell's 1984 as he appeared in court and made his case for a reduced sentence.The Kinahan leutenant was described as 'a caring and generous' father in court as he was allowed introduce references on his behalf.Niall speaks to Eamon Dillon about McGovern's demeanor in court and the sentence he is likely to receive.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

They were the gang of young men who started off as street dealers but went on to become key figures in the Kinahan Cartel's transnational crime operation.Forged in the Crumlin/Drimnagh feud, the crew which included infamous criminals like Liam Byrne and Sean McGovern would experience the highs and lows of life as a gangster.Niall speaks to Eimear Rabbitt about Crime World’s new three-part subscriber only series, The Brat Pack, tracing how eight young men from Dublin's south inner-city rose to the top of the criminal underworld. Hosted on Acast. Se...

Sean McGovern is now the fifth person to be convicted for a role in the brutal murder of Noel ‘Duck Egg Kirwan. The innocent grandfather was gunned down in 2016 as the Kinahan Cartel was gripped with bloodlust as they sought soft target linked to the Hutches.Niall talks to Crime World’s Eamon Dillon about McGovern’s role and the four others who have already pleaded guilty in court. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Real IRA hardman Nathan Kinsella named socialite Marcus Sweeney and accused him of informing on him when Criminal Assets Bureau officers came to search his plush Blackrock home.A proceeds of crime case heard that Kinsella threatened to ‘fold’ Sweeney after three high value cars were discovered in an underground car park by officers.Nicola speaks with Eamon Dillon about Kinsella and the CAB case against him. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Spanish detectives have seized more than 100 photos showing torture and beatings at a Costa del Sol apartment used by suspected members of the Scots gang allied with the Kinahans. The gruesome pictures were discovered at the flat in Fuengirola during one of the 18 raids targeting the Lyons gang carried out by cops late last month. Nicola speaks to Niall Donald about what the gory findings will mean for the Lyons gang and the Kinahan cartel.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On a spring morning in June 2001, an eight-year-old girl gathers moss for her grandmother’s hanging baskets in a forest near Ballinamore in Co Leitrim. The child lets out a scream, she had discovered a body. The remains belonged to Enniskillen businessman Gerry McGinley and it was clear that he been murdered. He had been killed by his own wife Julie and her lover - in fact, they were already in custody over it. But it wasn’t a simple tale of adultery. It involved hotel sex with strangers, lies, blackmail and videotape – and in...