Deep Dive: Exploring Organized Crime podcast

Deep Dive: Exploring Organized Crime

Twice winner of the 'Best Deep Dive Podcast' at the Publishers Podcast Awards, shortlisted four times for 'Best Investigative Podcast' and once for 'Best Video Podcast'. The Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime brings you stories and investigations from the global criminal underworld. The topics covered by Deep Dive are far ranging, one episode could be looking at a hybrid paramilitary organized criminal cartel; the next could be the dismantling of an encrypted communications network; or the use of complex corporate structures to hide illicit activity; or the role organized crime has in the recycling industry. This podcast series demonstrates the wide ranging investigations and research carried out by the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime.

Twice winner of the 'Best Deep Dive Podcast' at the Publishers Podcast Awards, shortlisted four times for 'Best Investigative Podcast' and once for 'Best Video Podcast'. The Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime brings you stories and investigations from the global criminal underworld. The topics covered by Deep Dive are far ranging, one episode could be looking at a hybrid paramilitary organized criminal cartel; the next could be the dismantling of an encrypted communications network; or the use of complex corporate structures to hide illicit activity; or the role organized crime has in the recycling industry. This podcast series demonstrates the wide ranging investigations and research carried out by the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime.

 

#49

Dethroning BigBoss: The Fall of Archetyp

Inspired by the ethos ofSilk Roadand the lifespans ofAgoraandDream Market, a new player em... more

29 Sep 2025

1 HR 00 MINS

1:00:36

29 Sep 2025


#48

Living Together: The Gangs of Haiti - Part 3: "Wake Up! The Bandits Are Coming!"

Part 3 - "Wake Up! The Bandits Are Coming!" At the end of March this year, officers from t... more

14 May 2025

44 MINS

44:43

14 May 2025


#47

Living Together: The Gangs of Haiti - Part 2: Fighting Back

Part 2 - 'Fighting Back' In 2022, a video emerged of an alleged senior gang member, Zo Pwa... more

30 Apr 2025

56 MINS

56:03

30 Apr 2025


#46

Living Together: The Gangs of Haiti - Part 1: The Death of a President

Part 1 - "The Death of a President" In July 2021, the President of Haiti, Jovenel Moïse, w... more

22 Apr 2025

1 HR 06 MINS

1:06:28

22 Apr 2025


#45

Drugs, Dead Drops and the Battle Over Russian Darknet Markets

If you were to walk around a Russian city, you might not realise it but hundreds of small ... more

14 Jan 2025

1 HR 15 MINS

1:15:16

14 Jan 2025


#44

Colombia & Total Peace: Part 2: Buenaventura – “The Pact for Life”

Buenaventura – “The Pact for Life” Buenaventura has long been an important node in interna... more

27 Nov 2024

45 MINS

45:23

27 Nov 2024


#43

Colombia & Total Peace: Part 1 - "The ELN - The Easy Win"

Colombia is a country that has been racked by conflict for around 60 years - multiple arme... more

28 Oct 2024

59 MINS

59:04

28 Oct 2024


#42

Mohamed Amra and the gangs of Marseille

In May 2024, a prison van was attacked at a highway toll in Normandy, France. In dramatic ... more

24 Jul 2024

36 MINS

36:01

24 Jul 2024


#41

The Long Tail: Cross-Channel Migrant Smuggling (France to the UK)

On the 1st May 2024, 711 migrants successfully crossed the Channel between France and the ... more

21 May 2024

54 MINS

54:41

21 May 2024


#40

LockBit: Is this the end?

LockBit, the world's largest ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) provider suffered a very publi... more

26 Mar 2024

34 MINS

34:36

26 Mar 2024


#39

Russia, War & Organized Crime

Russian organized crime has a mythology attached to it - the brutal tattooed men of the Vo... more

04 Mar 2024

46 MINS

46:02

04 Mar 2024


#38

Monitoring: What is going on in Ecuador?

At the start of the year masked gunman burst into a television studio in Guayaquil, Ecuado... more

05 Feb 2024

28 MINS

28:15

05 Feb 2024


#37

Monitoring: Ovidio Guzmán and the Kingpin Strategy

'The King is dead, long live the King!' In September 2023, Ovidio Guzmán López, the son of... more

04 Dec 2023

20 MINS

20:48

04 Dec 2023


#36

Illicit Financial Flows in the Western Balkans

“If you can do it without consequences, then you should do it”. What are illicit Financial... more

14 Nov 2023

41 MINS

41:05

14 Nov 2023


#35

Monitoring: A Month of Drug Seizures

In September 2023, there were four large cocaine seizures in and around the Atlantic Ocean... more

17 Oct 2023

12 MINS

12:02

17 Oct 2023


#34

“They don’t ******* withdraw it” - Scam Call Centres in Ukraine

Scam call centres are a blight on the lives of anyone unfortunate enough to have any deali... more

02 Oct 2023

40 MINS

40:31

02 Oct 2023


#33

Colombia: In the face of crime and violence

For over half a century armed groups in Colombia have battled one another and the state ac... more

02 Aug 2023

43 MINS

43:53

02 Aug 2023


#32

The Rise and Fall of the Conti Ransomware Group

For around two years the Conti ransomware group rampaged across the internet. They attacke... more

27 Jun 2023

1 HR 18 MINS

1:18:54

27 Jun 2023


#31

“Death Can Wait”: Drugs on the Frontline in Ukraine

Throughout history soldiers have used drugs, sometimes to fight better or to stay alert, o... more

22 May 2023

41 MINS

41:03

22 May 2023


#30

P2 - The Murder of Ahmed Divela

Part 2: "The truth will triumph". The description of Ahmed's murder showed that the killer... more

03 May 2023

42 MINS

42:23

03 May 2023


#29

P1 - The Murder of Ahmed Divela

Part 1: "Ahmed was no coward". On World Press Freedom Day (3rd May) 2018, the Ghanaian Pre... more

03 May 2023

29 MINS

29:30

03 May 2023


#28

P2 - The Wagner Group in Sudan

Part 2: “It’s the worst kept secret in Sudan”. In 2019, the Dossier Centre in London, shar... more

17 Apr 2023

52 MINS

52:18

17 Apr 2023


#27

P1 - The Wagner Group in Sudan

Part 1: “Who are these guys and what are they doing here?” In late February 2022, Airport ... more

17 Apr 2023

42 MINS

42:33

17 Apr 2023


#26

The Drug Markets of East and Southern Africa

Africa is often the forgotten continent for things like drug trafficking, but just look ar... more

18 Jan 2023

57 MINS

57:51

18 Jan 2023


#25

How to Respond to Environmental Crime

What does the term 'Environmental Crime' mean to you? Probably something like elephant or ... more

15 Nov 2022

51 MINS

51:23

15 Nov 2022


#24

P4 - 'Ndrangheta - "The Cocaine Gateway"

P4 - 'Ndrangheta - "The Cocaine Gateway" The port of Gioia Tauro in Calabria has long been... more

19 Oct 2022

25 MINS

25:46

19 Oct 2022


#23

P3 - 'Ndrangheta - Canada: "The Chamber of Control"

Part 3 - "The Chamber of Control" Woodbridge, Vaughan, Greater Toronto Area, 2014. A man c... more

12 Oct 2022

26 MINS

26:46

12 Oct 2022


#22

P2 - 'Ndrangheta - "'Ndrangheta Royalty Down Under"

Part 2 - "ndrangheta Royalty Down Under" In 2007, the Australian Federal Police received a... more

26 Sep 2022

36 MINS

36:12

26 Sep 2022


#21

P1 - 'Ndrangheta - "The Madonna of the Mountain"

Part 1 - "The Madonna of the Mountain" In Calabria, southern Italy there is a mountain mas... more

05 Sep 2022

45 MINS

45:04

05 Sep 2022