Gangster arrests in Dubai: who鈥檚 who?
After the arrest of key gangland figures in Dubai, Laura Miller and Natalie Higgins hear why so many gangsters make the United Arab Emirates their home.
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Steven Lyons and Ross McGill (both pictured) were among four significant gangland figures arrested in Dubai.
The 91福利社鈥檚 Paul O鈥橦are explains who鈥檚 who in a decades-long feud between the Lyons and Daniel gangs which preceded the arrests in the United Arab Emirates.
And Stephen Dempster, producer of the 91福利社 documentary Kinahan: The True Story of Ireland's Mafia, tells us about the Scottish links to Daniel Kinahan鈥檚 cartel.
Scotcast is the 91福利社鈥檚 Scottish news podcast, with Martin Geissler, Laura Miller and Natalie Higgins.
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