Crime World

Businessman Nathan McDonnell who has been charged in connection with the discovery of €32.8 million worth of crystal meth at Cork Port is being housed on the A4 wing at Portlaoise jail after being taken off a restricted regime behind bars.

Refused bail by the High Court he is now sharing a wing with notorious neighbours including a man convicted in connection with the Keane Mulready-Woods murder and the notorious Limerick inmate Red Larry McCarthy.

Nicola speaks to Eamon Dillon about the A4 and what sort of prisoners are held there.

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A public auction to be held later this month will see the one time home of Kinahan lieutenant Ross Browning go under the hammer after it was seized by CAB.

The house, a gate lodge, a large outhouse and the land at Garristown in County Dublin will be put up for auction with a reserve of more than half a million.

Nicola speaks to Eamon Dillon as we go behind the hall door of the home where the Cartel’s top dog in Ireland once lived.

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An American con artist made famous by the hit podcast Queen of the Con is facing extradition to Northern Ireland after a fraud victim turned the tables on the woman who tricked him out of tens of thousands of dollars.

Marianne Smyth was arrested in Maine in February on foot of four counts of fraud and four of theft in Northern Ireland more than 15 years ago where she pretended to be a mortgage broker but robbed money instead.

She was outed by Hollywood producer Jonathan Walton who created the podcast after she befriended him and tricked him out of more than $90,000.

Nicola speaks to Jonathan about her extradition and his journey to justice.

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He was a rogue Republican who was thrown out of the IRA, had a brief dalliance with the INLA and someone who lurched around other dissident groupings as an enforcer and a feared hitman known for a love of violence but who couldn’t be managed or controlled.

This week as killer and terrorist Gerard ‘Hucker’ Moyna was laid to rest in Belfast, Nicola speaks with Belfast Telegraph Crime Correspondent Allison Morris about the life and crimes of a troubles psychopath and her brief encounter with him.

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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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