Crime World

How do crime journalists talk to sources? And why are they given information and by who?Those are amongst the questions we tackle today in a Crime World special show, where you the listener, sets the agenda.

Searches are being conducted in Donegal for the body of missing teenager Arlene Arkinson who went missing in the company of notorious rapist and child killer Robert Howard more than 30 years ago.Nicola is joined by journalist Ciaran O’Neill who tells a story of an incredible tragedy on the Irish border.

Hitman Imre Arakas who was caught in Ireland on a Kinahan contract to kill has admitted a gangland murder in Lithuania and said he was sorry - that it was the worst decision of his life.Nicola speaks to Niall Donald about the colourful assassin and the latest chapter in his unfolding life of crime.

An ally of Daniel Kinahan, who has been described as Australia's biggest cocaine trafficker, has been unceremoniously booted out of Dubai.Hells Angels boss Angelo Pandeli had lived the high life in the Gulf State since 2018 where he owned a stunning mansion on the famous Palm Jumeriah island.But his days as an ex-pat drug lord came to an end when he was deported back to Sydney Airport last week.Niall speaks to Sunday World reporter Eamon Dillon about Pandeli, biker gangs and Australia's underworld.

The funeral of James ‘Jaws’ Byrne is due to take place tomorrow as the veteran criminal is laid to rest but what legacy has he left and where is the once powerful organisation he mentored.Nicola speaks with Niall Donald about the life and crimes of Byrne - the fraudster known as Jemmy.

Killer Charlotte Mulhall who murdered and dismembered her mother’s lover has served 18 years behind bars but is now enjoying days out in the run-up to her release.Nicola speaks with Eamon Dillon about Mulhall about her crimes and about the fellow female lifers who populate the women’s prisons.

In the first episode of our Book Club, host Clodagh Meaney is joined by author of 'The Undetectables' series Courtney Smyth to discuss their favourite true crime book 'When The Dogs Don't Bark' by Angela Gallop, a Memoir about the author’s career as a forensic scientist.The Undead Complex, the second book in Courtney’s series ‘The Undectables’ is out on September 24th. You can find them on Instagram @CSwritesbooks. This episode of Crime World was edited by Jason Maleney, with audio and video recording by Gavin Hennessy. It was produced by Clodagh Meaney.

A couple convicted in the UK but on the run for years appeared in the Extradition Court in Dublin recently after they were nabbed in New York.So who are the Boswells and what are their crimes?Nicola speaks with Eamon Dillon about the transatlantic hunt which ended at a routine road stop.

A Scottish crime boss looks set to spend the rest of his days behind bars after pleading guilty to a £76 million cocaine shipment - which he’d boasted would be the big one.Instead Jamie Iceman Stevenson was caught on Encrochat plotting the operations of his drugs business and despite going on the run has now reached the end of the road and is awaiting sentence in Glasgow for his crimes.So why could Stevenson not stay away from crime and what parallels are there between Scottish and Irish criminals.Nicola speaks with Niall Donald about the fall of a drugs kingpin.