The Underworld Podcast

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Underworld exposes the secret world of transnational criminal networks that have flourished since there were banks to bust, drugs to smuggle, and scams to run. Journalists Danny Gold and Sean Williams bring their experience reporting on dangerous people and organizations to take listeners on a global tour of mobsters, warlords and crooks - from Brooklyn to Beijing, from the streets to the boardrooms - and everywhere in between. Underworld is a show about heroes, villains, and the barely visible mafias that affect all our lives, whether we know it or not.

  1. 5 DAYS AGO • SUBSCRIBERS ONLY

    BONUS: Former FBI Agent Dan Brunner: Venezuela’s Tren de Aragua is Here, and It’s Gaining Strength

    Dan Brunner spent more than two decades fighting Latin American gangs, from the Trinitarios to MS-13. He spoke to Sean about the threat US cities face from the Tren de Aragua, Venezuela’s rapidly expanding group, and argues that the danger it poses is far greater than most media outlets are reporting. You can read Dan’s thoughts on Latin American organized crime at https://brunnersierragroup.substack.com/

    48 min

  2. 5 NOV

    Europe's Pablo Escobar: The Heroin Emperor Huseyin Baybashin

    From a village in rural Turkey, Huseyin Baybasin emerged as one of the most powerful drug lords in Europe, setting up a global heroin trafficking ring. Stepping into the vacuum left by the downfall of the French Connection, Baybasin and his clan, dubbed "The Family," brought in billions of dollars of opium from Afghanistan through Iran and smuggled into Turkey before it headed to western Europe on the so-called Balkan route, all with the help of the Kurdish separatist militia known as the PKK. But he wasn't just your run of the mill drug lord: Baybasin claims he was a Turkish government sponsored heroin trafficker as part of an intricate conspiracy, involving state secrets, a militant guerrilla group waging a 40-year insurrection, massive conspiracies and international intrigue involving the Turkish deep state, spy agencies of multiple countries including Britain, informants, billions of dollars, one of the most powerful criminal families in Europe and Asia, and control of over 90 percent of the heroin flooding into the UK.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    1h 4m

  3. 29 OCT

    The Billion Dollar Scam Cult King who tried to Take Over an Island

    When Bougainville fought an incredible civil war over a colossal mine, and won, its military leader emerged a hero. But he would soon fall under the spell of a conman and cult leader who wanted the Pacific island—and believed himself to be its king. The unlikely pair soon carved an empire out of a coconut palm jungle—and a wild, picaresque myth about Eden, ancient monarchs, and gold. The wildest thing was that almost everybody in the region believed it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    57 min

  4. 27 OCT • SUBSCRIBERS ONLY

    BONUS: Stashed House with the Guys: Lil Durk, The Avenue of Sweethearts, Sinaloa, and more!

    So we had a few bonus interviews fall through but really wanted to get something up, and since we were actually recording in person for the first time, figured we'd shoot the sht about some current organized crime news stories popping up that while they might not make for a full episode, definitely make for an interesting convo. Let us know if you guys like this sort of a bonus. If so, we may start doing one or two a month In addition to the bonus interviews!

    24 min

  5. 22 OCT

    North Korea's Meth Trafficking: The Hermit Narco-Kingdom

    When a bizarre group of international gangsters shook on a massive meth deal with a DEA agent in Bangkok, Thailand eight years ago, it kicked off a manhunt ensnaring Hong Kong Triads, Outlaws bikers and an ex-US Army sniper’s band of contract killers. But the bust also shone a light on the shady drug network of North Korea, part of a crime machine fuelling the world’s maddest dictatorship. This is the story of how a war-torn Hermit Kingdom became a narco-trafficking, cash-counterfeiting, pimping Mafia state. An Underworld Classic Merch: https://underworldpodcast.myshopify.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    59 min

  6. 15 OCT

    Indian Posse: The Native Teen Gang Ruling Canada's Prisons

    Danny and Richard Wolfe were barely even teenagers when they formed the Indian Posse in their mother's basement with a handful of friends, but they had already been living the street life since they were in grade school, robbing, stealing and fighting. Never did they expect that within a few short years, the gang would balloon to hundreds and then thousands of members, taking shape in Winnipeg's poor and violent North End where there was no shortage of poor indigenous teens from broken families looking for brotherhood. Drug-dealing, pimping, armed robberies and murders went along with it. The Indian Posse exploded into Canada's western prairies in the 1990's and soon came to dominate the prisons, enforcing their reign with brutal violence. This the story of how the Wolfe brothers founded the gang, and then succumbed to its violent nature. MERCH: https://underworldpodcast.myshopify.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    1h 5m

  7. 11 OCT • SUBSCRIBERS ONLY

    BONUS: How Balkan Hackers Laid the Groundwork for Modern Tech Warfare, w/ Matt Potter

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    57 min

  8. 8 OCT

    The Warring Prison Cartels Carving up Ecuador

    Jon Lee Anderson is an author and staff writer at The New Yorker. Anderson recently profiled Ecuador’s young president Daniel Noboa for a piece entitled “Ecuador’s Risky War on Narcos”. Jon Lee spoke about his weeks long visit to the embattled nation, its place in the wider drug world, and how political movements across Latin America have metastasized into the biggest and most violent underworld on the planet. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    1h 13m
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Underworld exposes the secret world of transnational criminal networks that have flourished since there were banks to bust, drugs to smuggle, and scams to run. Journalists Danny Gold and Sean Williams bring their experience reporting on dangerous people and organizations to take listeners on a global tour of mobsters, warlords and crooks - from Brooklyn to Beijing, from the streets to the boardrooms - and everywhere in between. Underworld is a show about heroes, villains, and the barely visible mafias that affect all our lives, whether we know it or not.

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  • Creator
    The Underworld Podcast
  • Years Active
    2020 - 2024
  • Episodes
    239
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    Copyright © 2002 Airwave Media. All rights reserved.
  • Show Website
    The Underworld Podcast
  • Provider
    Daniel Gold

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