Organised crime

More than 100 arrested in suspected gang operation
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Tees
Posted
16 May 2024
The Global Story. EncroChat: The crime family brought down by their violent messages. Audio, 26 minutes
BBC investigation into 10,000 messages from UK drug bosses
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BBC World Service
Available for over a year
Brutal crime group caught by its own messages
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UK
Posted
9 May 2024
Panorama. The Crime Bosses Who Terrorised a City. Video, 29 minutes
Bronagh Munro investigates crime bosses who ran the Huyton Firm.
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BBC One
Available for 1 month
Pair jailed for £5.7m cryptocurrency scam
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England
Posted
7 May 2024
Intrigue. To Catch a Scorpion, 1. Dangerous Journeys. Audio, 35 minutes
Recorded as it unfolds, the dramatic hunt for a people smuggler on the run from the law.
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BBC Radio 4
Available for over a year
Police hail convictions in landmark EncroChat case
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Beds, Herts & Bucks
Posted
26 April 2024
'Dangerous' drug dealer sent to prison for 15 years
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Beds, Herts & Bucks
Posted
19 April 2024
£250m drug bust warning to criminals, say police
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Wales
Posted
8 April 2024
Gang jailed for serious organised crime in Greenock
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Glasgow & West Scotland
Posted
4 April 2024
Organised crime biggest challenge as force turns 50
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Wales
Posted
1 April 2024
Pudsey Scammer. Audio, 34 minutes
The story of serial fraudster David Levi, masterminding a decade-long fundraising scam.
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BBC Sounds
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The Documentary Podcast. Assignment: Border Stories, part 2 - Coyotes and Kidnap. Audio, 28 minutes
Tales of kidnap and extortion from those who risk everything to enter the US from Mexico
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BBC World Service
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Human trafficking arrests over escort agency
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England
Posted
20 March 2024
Amazing Sport Stories. Leon Edwards: Saved by sport. Audio, 14 minutes
How a UFC champion escaped a violent gang life to win MMA's biggest prize
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BBC World Service
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Japan mafia boss tried to sell plutonium, says US
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US & Canada
Posted
21 February 2024
Mafia boss who fled jail using bed sheets captured
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Europe
Posted
2 February 2024
Iranian hired Hells Angel to kill defector, US says
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US & Canada
Posted
29 January 2024
Witness History. Jamuna Tudu: The real life 'Lady Tarzan' Audio, 9 minutes
In the early 2000s, a woman known as ‘Lady Tarzan’ fought India’s so called timber mafia
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BBC World Service
Available for over a year
The Global Story. Ecuador: From peaceful haven to gangster's paradise. Audio, 27 minutes
Ecuador’s president has vowed to take back control from violent drugs gangs
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BBC World Service
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'They hunted us' says Ecuador TV station attack victim. Video, 00:01:11
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Latin America & Caribbean
Posted
11 January 2024
Ecuador declares war on gangs after TV attack
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Latin America & Caribbean
Posted
10 January 2024
How the Met took down kingpins of organised crime
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London
Posted
7 January 2024
Plans to stop criminals exploiting Manx borders
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Isle of Man
Posted
22 December 2023