The Underworld Podcast

Underworld exposes the secret world of transnational criminal networks that have flourished since th

Episodes

Total: 199

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

Sam Walker already had a huge rap sheet in his native Liverpool before 2018, when he took off across

With El Chapo locked up in a supermax prison and never going home, there's been a battle to maintain

In the mid 90's, the Quebec Hells Angels made an offer to every drug trafficking organization in Mon

For years the Pacific region, and its tiny, tropical nations, steered clear of the global meth and c

The Hells Angels Motorcycle Club first chapter emerged in the US in the 1940's but didn't reach Cana

Since 2019, Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele has smashed the country’s two main gangs, MS-13 and Ba

When hitmen shot dead Sikh activist Hardeep Singh Nijjar near Vancouver last June, Canadian cops bla

Louis Sarcella might be one of the most corrupt NYPD detectives ever, though he was once heralded as