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The Underworld Podcast

Underworld exposes the secret world of transnational criminal networks that have flourished since th

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Total: 220

( note: we weren't able to record in the studio so audio is off a bit) The murder capital of the Uni

Danny is out this week, and Sean is joined by comedian Sami Shah. He came from nowhere to become the

In the 1990's, a new group of criminals started making their presence known on the streets of New Yo

The biggest drug cartel in the world isn't Mexican, or Colombian. It's Asian. Buried deep in the Bur

In recent years MS-13 has become one of the most feared street gangs in the world, thanks to face ta

In part two of our Yakuza deep dive, we plot their post-war rise from hustlers to corporate raiders

Is there an organized crime group more iconic than Japan's Yakuza? In part one of two episodes on th

In part 2 of our episode on the Russian Mafia coming to Brooklyn, we are joined by journalist Michae

The Russian Mafia has been an object of fascination for decades in America, but it only really emerg

They called him "The Merchant of Death" - the world's most dangerous man. But was gun-runner Viktor

Building off our Nigerian Cults episode: Omoyele Sowore was attacked by the cults as a student leade

Chinatowns in the United States have never been short on organized crime syndicates, from the early

They began as freedom-fighting pirates, swashbuckling for African rights. But over the decades Niger

Decided to make this free, it's the first of our many bonus episodes up on the patreon, where we'll

Hundreds of millions of dollars have been made by a vicious network of organized crime figures throu

Few names strike fear into the hearts of Indians quite like Dawood Ibrahim. From a Mumbai slum he bu

Tyson Fury, large amounts of cocaine, public executions at press conferences, and Estonian hitmen -

Arkan started off a bankrobber and a hitman before becoming the leader of a vicious paramilitary gro

Berlin is Europe's party capital. But since the 1980's, another kind of club has taken over the city

Welcome to the Underworld Podcast, a weekly series where journalists Danny Gold and Sean Williams ta