Crime World

Raised in a middle-class family home in Cabra, as a young man Christy Kinahan showed little signs that he would become one of the world's most infamous crime bosses.
But when the heroin epidemic struck Dublin, Kinahan was one of a new breed of criminal who saw an opportunity to get rich.
While serving Portlaoise Prison, he struck up a friendship with veteran armed robber John Cunningham and plotted the birth of a cartel.
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He's called the Dapper Don and has lived up to his name as an international panama hat wearing sophisticat of the underworld.
This week in a special six-part series, Crime World traces the life and crimes of Chris Kinahan - the founder and head of the Kinahan Cartel.
Nicola talks with Niall Donald about the series and about what could be next for the Dapper Don.
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A target for the Criminal Assets Bureau who has been on the run in the UK has been jailed for a burglarly spree in London. Gary Ward is alleged by CAB to be a leading member of a Galway city-based drug dealing gang that exploits addicts to transport drugs.
Niall Donald talks to Eamon Dillon about how the law has finally caught up with Ward.
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A gangster-turned-rapper has vowed to release a new track - just days after being convicted of running a 'drugs supermarket.' Dean Thornton was sentenced last week after he was caught running a drug dealing cell for one of Drogheda feuding crime gangs.

Niall talks to Eimear Rabbitt how Thornton's legal problems are providing lyrical content for his music.
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A new video has emerged of the moment OnlyFans model Madison Allen was slashed in the face in Spain leaving her with shocking facial injuries.
Madison Allen - who is married to the John George murder suspect Johnny Smyth - can be seen being cuddling with a man just moments before she is slashed with a blade.
Niall speaks to Crime World's Steven Moore about Madison's initial claim that she was attacked by a stranger and her brushes with the law in Spain.
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