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They were once the most powerful force in America, bigger than General Motors and with a finger in every pie from politics to prostitution. But what has become of the Mafia and its old school criminal code? Is it a dying force? Has the mafia peaked or has it hit a comfortable plateau in a new world order where stringent Racketeering Laws keeps all criminality at bay? Nicola Tallant talks to Toronto Sun mafia expert and former New York Post crime correspondent Brad Hunter about the past and the future of the legendary Cosa Nostra.
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Previous episodes
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367 - Episode 263: How the old school mafia are surviving in a modern worldWed, 29 Mar 2023
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366 - Episode 262: Katie Taylor's homecoming bout and why it could be overshadowed by the spectre of exiled Daniel KinahanMon, 27 Mar 2023
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365 - Episode 261: Could killer Patrick Quirke face re-trial for the murder of Mr Moonlight Bobby Ryan?Sat, 25 Mar 2023
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364 - Episode 260: The two faces of INLA enforcer Gerard MackinFri, 24 Mar 2023
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363 - Episode 259: The capital murder trials of convicted Garda killer Stephen SilverWed, 22 Mar 2023
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362 - Episode 258: The new sanctions on Edin Gacanin and the ongoing global effort to take down the Kinahan cartelMon, 20 Mar 2023
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361 - Episode 257: How mob boss Barry Young was busted by 16,000 WhatsApp messagesSat, 18 Mar 2023
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360 - BEST OF CRIME WORLD: The secret service spooks and the White House love affair with Ireland (Repost)Fri, 17 Mar 2023
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359 - Episode 256: Douglas Glynn - the mystery man who managed the Kinahan CartelThu, 16 Mar 2023
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358 - Episode 255: The scandals, scams and secret life of killer attorney Alex MurdaughTue, 14 Mar 2023
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357 - Episode 254: Cornelius Price and the flashy funeral rituals of gangland's hard-menSat, 11 Mar 2023
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356 - Episode 253: The life and crimes of Limerick mob boss Christy KeaneWed, 08 Mar 2023
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355 - Episode 252: How road rage killer Kenneth Noye became one of the UK's most infamous criminalsMon, 06 Mar 2023
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354 - Episode 251: Jim Mansfield Jnr and Marcus Sweeney - the Celtic boom buddies who ended up on the wrong side of the lawSat, 04 Mar 2023
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353 - Episode 250: The new IRA and the attempted murder of PSNI Detective Chief Inspector John CaldwellWed, 01 Mar 2023
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352 - Episode 249: Inside the police files of Raffaele Imperiale and his links to Daniel KinahanTue, 28 Feb 2023
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351 - Episode 248: The Murdaugh family and their twisted story of murder and liesMon, 27 Feb 2023
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350 - Episode 247: The real-life stories behind Ireland's 'Narco' boomSat, 25 Feb 2023
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348 - Episode 246: Conor McGregor and the childhood friendships with Irish gangland figuresThu, 23 Feb 2023
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347 - Episode 245: The life and brutal crimes of gang boss Cornelius PriceWed, 22 Feb 2023
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346 - Episode 244: How British mobster Robert Dawes became a pied piper for a generation of Dubai-based criminalsTue, 21 Feb 2023
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345 - Episode 243: The return of the Dundons and the secret property portfolio of Kinahan mobster Ross BrowningSat, 18 Feb 2023
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344 - Episode 242: The downfall of 'Otoniel' the world's biggest cocaine dealerThu, 16 Feb 2023
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343 - Episode 241: When victims of crime come face to face with their offendersWed, 15 Feb 2023
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342 - Episode 240: Gilbert King on the shocking murder of Michelle Scholfield and the new evidence which puts a convicted murderer at the scene of the crimeMon, 13 Feb 2023
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341 - Episode 239: How the cocaine boom means crime gangs now pose as big a threat in the EU as terrorismSat, 11 Feb 2023
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340 - Episode 238: How George 'the Penguin' Mitchell's encrypted phone network was smashed by European copsFri, 10 Feb 2023
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339 - Episode 237: Kinahan cartel money man Brian Mahony's rise and fall at the hands of Criminal Assets BureauThu, 09 Feb 2023
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338 - Episode 236: Canada's cult-like leader who is brain-washing her followers to believe she is taking over the worldWed, 08 Feb 2023
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337 - Epiosde 235: Death on the tracks - the mystery of the Irish teen chased to his death on a railway lineTue, 07 Feb 2023
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336 - Episode 234: The Irish mob who became Canada's cocaine kingsSat, 04 Feb 2023
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335 - Episode 233: Robbie Lawlor and the cross-Border vigilante murder mobThu, 02 Feb 2023
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334 - Episode 232: Keane Mulready-Woods and the men who helped facilitate his grisly murderTue, 31 Jan 2023
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333 - Episode 232: Keane Mulready-Woods and the men who helped facilitate his gruesome murderSat, 28 Jan 2023
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332 - Episode 231: 'The day I witnessed the Regency Hotel murder and the gunman in drag'Sat, 28 Jan 2023
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331 - Episode 230: April D-Day for Gerry 'The Monk' Hutch in Regency murder trialThu, 26 Jan 2023
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330 - Episode 229: Innocent or guilty? The dramatic closing arguments in the Gerry Hutch murder trialWed, 25 Jan 2023
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329 - Episode 228: The final days of the Gerry Hutch murder trialTue, 24 Jan 2023
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328 - Episode 227: The dramatic capture of mafia 'boss of bosses' Matteo Messina DenaroTue, 24 Jan 2023
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327 - Episode 226: Marcus Sweeney - The celtic tiger playboy who became a target for the Criminal Assets BureauSat, 21 Jan 2023
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326 - Episode 225: The life and crimes of perma-tanned mobster Mickey Green (Part 3)Thu, 19 Jan 2023
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325 - Episode 224: The shocking murder of mum-to-be Natalie McNallyWed, 18 Jan 2023
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324 - Episode 223: The life and crimes of perma-tanned mobster Mickey Green (Part 2)Tue, 17 Jan 2023
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323 - Episode 222: The life and crimes of perma-tanned mobster Mickey Green (Part 1)Sat, 14 Jan 2023
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322 - Episode 221: The second coming of gangland boss Brian 'King Ratt' RattiganThu, 12 Jan 2023
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321 - Episode 220: Jailhouse shock as inmate 'confesses' to being the shooter in Regency Hotel murderWed, 11 Jan 2023
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320 - Episode 219: The advances in DNA technology helping to solve the world's most-puzzling cold casesWed, 11 Jan 2023
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319 - BEST OF CRIME WORLD 2022: The rise of 'The Gypsy King' Tyson Fury and his ties to Daniel KinahanMon, 09 Jan 2023
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318 - Episode 218: The final stages of the Regency murder trial and what does 2023 have in store for the Kinahans?Sat, 07 Jan 2023
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317 - BEST OF CRIME WORLD 2022: 'Predator' - Larry Murphy and Ireland's missing women (Part 3)Fri, 06 Jan 2023
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