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Jul 2025
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Episode 1098: Kinahan Cartel smuggling n...

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A DEA undercover agent infiltrates a global drug cartel plotting to flood Australia with fentanyl. 

A Canadian fixer for some of the world’s most influential mobs boasts that he works for the Kinahan organisation. 

And the scale of the Irish mafia and its influence globally becomes apparent. 

Nicola speaks with Niall Donald about the Kinahans and the Canadian connection.


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