The Brat Pack - from street dealers to Kinahan cartel royalty

About this episode

The episode discusses the rise of a group of young men from street dealers to key figures in the Kinahan Cartel.

They were the gang of young men who started off as street dealers but went on to become key figures in the Kinahan Cartel's transnational crime operation. Forged in the Crumlin/Drimnagh feud, the crew which included infamous criminals like Liam Byrne and Sean McGovern would experience the highs and lows of life as a gangster. Niall speaks to Eimear Rabbitt about Crime World’s new three-part subscriber only series, The Brat Pack, tracing how eight young men from Dublin's south inner-city rose to the top of the criminal underworld. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Host: Niall

Guest: Eimear Rabbitt

Topics covered

• gang culture
• drug trafficking
• organized crime
• youth gangs
• Irish crime history

Keywords

• Brat Pack
• Kinahan Cartel
• street dealers
• Crumlin
• Drimnagh
• gangsters
• Irish crime

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Kinahan Cartel

Places: Crumlin, Drimnagh, Dublin

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