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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

In the late 1980's, a new gang threw asian immigrant communities across America into chaotic spurts

Leslie "Ike" Atkinson rose from Army sergeant to international casino hustler, to Bangkok bar owner

We meant to get this up a few episodes back for the 50th episode special but figured it would work f

In Belize City, rival factions of Bloods and Crips clicks have turned the south side of the city int

For decades, New Zealand's biker gangs fought each other for turf, cash and kudos. Violence between

Does any country deserve the title of narco-state more than tiny Guinea-Bissau? The West African nat

A President assassinated. Amish missionaries from Ohio held for million dollar ransoms (per person!)

On the smog-filled streets of industrial Birmingham, groups of ‘Peaky Blinders’ earned a reputation

Out there in the jungle, something evil and powerful grows. This is the story of Dairo Antonio Usaga

In the last 5 years, murders in what's known as Israel's Arab sector have increased 50%, setting new

Khun Sa was a mercenary, a rebel, a warlord and a freedom fighting drugmaker who all-but created the

When Nicky Louie stalked the streets in the 1970's, he was the first gangster to scare Chinatown in

Something a little different this week: No regular episode but we've decided to put the patreon bonu

Sweden: ABBA, IKEA, third-wave coffee. A wealthy paradise? For some. For others, the Scandinavian st

Over the last two decades, the Taliban have moved from simply taxing Afghanistan's opium farmers to

Ulrike Meinhof is dead and the remaining founders of the Red Army Faction, aka the Baader Meinhof Ga

For decades, starting a few years even before the Taliban took power the first time around, Afghanis

The Baader Meinhof Gang, or Red Army Faction, came about as post-war Germany sought to rebuild from

The Dominican Republic has long been a transshipment for cocaine heading to the United States and Eu

On July 6, legendary Dutch crime reporter Peter de Vries was shot in broad daylight on an Amsterdam