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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: 187

Peru’s Shining Path, a Marxist-Maoist guerrilla force, plunged the Andean nation into a two-decade c

Behind the closed doors of government offices and military compounds, are hidden stories and buried

With their leader sentenced to life in a Dutch prison, the most powerful heroin trafficking organzat

From a village in rural Turkey, Huseyin Baybasin emerged as one of the most powerful drug lords in E

When Bougainville fought an incredible civil war over a colossal mine, and won, its military leader

When a bizarre group of international gangsters shook on a massive meth deal with a DEA agent in Ban

Danny and Richard Wolfe were barely even teenagers when they formed the Indian Posse in their mother

Jon Lee Anderson is an author and staff writer at The New Yorker. Anderson recently profiled Ecuador

As Colombia's cocaine industry exploded in the 1980's, Pablo Escobar's Medellin cartel became the do

When gunmen ambushed a Mexican-Chinese businessman outside his Guatemala City casino in 2016, few ou

When gunmen ambushed a Mexican-Chinese businessman outside his Guatemala City casino in 2016, few ou

Something about Bum Farto, Key West’s fire chief, stunk. And it wasn’t just his red suits, bling and

The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia fought a guerrilla war against Colombia’s government - as

The Tren de Aragua grew out of disastrous regime policies to give gang leaders more power in prisons

In the chaos of 1970’s New York, it took a lot to shock the city. But the Westies managed to leave q

This year, the Phoenix suburb of Gilbert has been rocked by the death of 16-year-old Preston Lord, a

In recent years, Sebastian Marset has emerged as the first narco kingpin out of Uruguay. He rose fro

When Mohammed Alaa Allawi, a former US military interpreter, moved to Texas in 2012, selling weed wa

Bombshell out of Mexico, El Mayo (!!!!!) is in US federal custody after arriving on a small private

When Nelson Mandela and the ANC delivered South Africa from Apartheid in the 90s, hopes were high th