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Black Market Billions blows the lid off the world's fastest-growing illicit industry: organized retail crime. Hitha Prabhakar reveals how criminals with ties to terrorist groups around the world are committing huge product thefts, and using the profits to fund terrorist acts. Prabhakar connects the dots and follows the money - from consumers dying for a deal to terrorist cells eager to do the killing.

Explore the 1990s criminal underworld with "Criminal Chronicles: Decades Unearthed." We examine true crimes that changed history in this compelling series, featuring infamous individuals like O.J. Simpson and Jeffrey Dahmer, among many others. Every episode flows together seamlessly to immerse you in the tales that rocked entire countries. Join us on a riveting journey through investigations, courtrooms, and the aftermaths that reshaped history. "Criminal Chronicles" delivers meticulously researched and compelling storytelling, offering a glimpse into the mysteries, tragedies, and triumphs of ...

Crime Beat Most Wanted is a special limited podcast series hosted by Global News anchor Tracy Tong, which tracks some of Canada’s most wanted alleged criminals by using extensive archives and intimate interviews, along with exclusive insight from detectives dedicated to justice. Crime Beat Most Wanted explores impact of these alleged criminals on the victims, their families and the community. Each episode will also highlight how you can help authorities in their efforts to capture these suspects-at-large.

Secrets and Spies sits at the intersection of intelligence, covert action, real-world espionage, and broader geopolitics in a way that is digestible but serious. Hosted by filmmaker Chris Carr and writer Matt Fulton, each episode unpacks global events through the lens of intelligence and geopolitics, featuring expert insights from former spies, authors, and analysts. Tune in for balanced, critical perspectives that will expand your understanding of our uncertain world, deciphering the most enigmatic professions, ideologies, and organizations that shape the global landscape. Subscribe to ...

Africa and the Global Illicit Economy brings you stories and investigations based on the extensive research networks at the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime. We'll be looking at corruption, illicit financial flows, gangs, the role of foreign corporations, the political economy of crime, and the enabling environment that has made Africa vulnerable to the growth of organized crime. Drawing on the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime's civil society observatories for North, South, East and West Africa to get a feel for how organized crime is impacting ...

This is a story about a scam. But this isn’t any old scam. At the turn of the 21st century, set in one of London's most wealthy suburbs, Hampstead, Juliette D'Souza wreaked havoc on a number of people's lives. She became filthy rich, and one of the most prolific con women in British history. Hannah Maguire and Suruthi Bala, the soulmates behind the hit true crime podcast, Redhanded, are on the case. They speak to the reporters who travelled to Suriname to track Juliette down, one of Britain's leading shamans and the victims who came together in search of justice. Full series available...

In many parts of the world, assassinations have become a daily occurrence. Data collected by the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime shows that at least 2,700 people were victims of contract killings between 2019 and 2020 in 84 countries. Many of which were members of civil society. In this podcast we bear witness to the victims of organized crime by looking at why certain individuals or groups of individuals are at risk of assassination, and what can be done to prevent it.

The Index is a podcast based around the Global Organized Crime Index, an online tool that ranks levels of criminality and resilience in 193 countries. From drug trafficking and mafia-style crimes to criminal justice and security – In this series we’ll take a deep dive into the Global Organized Crime Index with leading experts and look at some of the biggest organized crime threats facing countries and regions around the world. The Index was nominated for 'Best Video Podcast' at the 2024 Publishers Podcast Awards. Disclaimer: This series was funded in part by a grant from the United States ...

La extorsión es tan común en algunas partes de Centroamérica, que es el elefante blanco' presente en la vida diaria de los ciudadanos, las empresas y del propio tejido institucional del estado. La impunidad generalizada y la incapacidad de las instituciones para combatirla, han convertido a la extorsión en un impuesto violento, criminal y omnipresente, que tiene implicaciones a nivel personal, económico y social. Este podcast examina las tendencias de este fenómeno en la región, así como los esfuerzos oficiales y comunitarios por combatirla.

El Fondo Resiliencia de The Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime (GI-TOC) lanzó su primer fellowship centrado en las desapariciones relacionadas al crimen organizado en 2020 con el objetivo de ampliar la discusión sobre el papel de los actores criminales en las desapariciones y apoyar a diez líderes en comunidades afectadas. Como resultado de este trabajo, el 30 de agosto GI-TOC lanzará el proyecto Desaparecido es un lugar: paisajes e historias de quienes #TodaviaFaltan, una lectura colectiva sobre las desapariciones relacionadas al crimen organizado a través de la ...

The podcast exploring how much we really know about terrorism and what is being done to stop it. Hosted by former British soldier Adnan Sarwar. Understanding terrorism is the first step in fighting it. Preventing acts of terror is a major priority for governments across the globe. Yet terrorism has fallen off the news agenda, we’ve had other things to think about. And while the eyes of the world are elsewhere, there are well organised extremists who haven’t given up their fight. Yet it’s hard to engage with something we don’t understand; Daesh, ISIS, Islamic State, ISIL... what do ...