On July 6, legendary Dutch crime reporter Peter de Vries was shot in broad daylight on an Amsterdam street. A week later he was dead - another casualty of the sprawling Marengo Trial that could snare the Netherland’s biggest druglord - and bring the decades-old Mocro Mafia down with him. We get to the heart of the shooting, the history of the hash trade, por ... Show More
Jan 27
Italy's Unknown 5th Mafia, The Stidda
In the late 1970s, as Sicily descended into all-out mafia war, the island’s allegiances split between the ruthless Corleonesi clan, led by Toto Riina, and southern gangsters fed up with Riina’s campaign of murder that was spilling innocent lives, and disgusting the Italian public ... Show More
52m 47s
Jan 20
America’s Craziest Mob Boss (Sort of!) Vincent Gigante
Vincent “Chin” Gigante was the most powerful mob boss in America...and he was also the mob's best performance artist. By day, he wandered Greenwich Village in a bathrobe, muttering to himself, selling the world on the idea that he was crazy. By night, he ran the Genovese crime fa ... Show More
1h 12m
Jun 2021
Crimeworld Extra: The Marengo Crime Trial, Ridouan Taghi and the links to Daniel Kinahan
It’s the Netherlands' trial of the century, with infamous underworld boss Ridouan Taghi in the dock along with 16 of his men who face accusations relating to six gangland murders.<br/><br/>In a courtroom known as 'The Bunker', the most dangerous figures in Dutch organised crime a ... Show More
31m 2s
Jul 2021
Crime World Extra: The 'Cocaine Goldrush'
A half tonne of cocaine disguised as charcoal, which landed in Rotterdam, was seized at the port after an intelligence-led operation headed up by Irish gardai.<br/><br/>The drugs, worth more than €30 million, were destined for the Irish market where a generation of young and educ ... Show More
30m 45s
Sep 2019
“Mr. Nice” Pt. 1: Howard Marks
During the 1970s, Howard Marks became one of the biggest cannabis smugglers in Europe. Through a series of networks, which included contacts in the IRA and the Mafia, he was able to bring in upwards of 30 tons of cannabis into the UK and the United States. But after years of anon ... Show More
52m 16s