Organized Crime Podcast
Circle Of Insight Productions
3.3from 12 ratings
- 240
- Episodes
- 12
- Transcribed
- 12
- Ratings
- Weekly
- Cadence
- 2020
- First episode
About Organized Crime Podcast
Organized crime is more than mob bosses, cartels, and notorious names. It is a system—built on money, loyalty, corruption, legitimate businesses, political influence, and the constant threat of violence. Organized Crime goes inside the criminal organizations that have operated in the shadows of ordinary society, from the American Mafia and international drug cartels to outlaw networks, smuggling operations, and sophisticated criminal enterprises. Each episode examines how these organizations were built, how they made their money, how they protected themselves, and ultimately, how investigators learned to penetrate them. Along the way, we explore the psychology of the people who entered these worlds: the bosses who commanded loyalty, the soldiers who carried out orders, the informants who broke their silence, and the investigators who spent years trying to bring entire organizations down. This isn’t simply a podcast about criminals. It’s a podcast about how criminal organizations actually work.
- Publisher
- Circle Of Insight Productions
- Category
- business · government · news
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 7 Dec 2020
- Latest episode
- 26 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
12 of 240 episodes have a transcript.
26 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
From Motorcycle Gangs to Mexican Cartels: The Methamphetamine Empire
25 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Can Mega-Prisons Destroy Criminal Organizations or Make Them Stronger?
20 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
What Bones Still Tell Us: Inside Forensic Anthropology
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From Motorcycle Gangs to Mexican Cartels: The Methamphetamine Empire
Published 26 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] When most people hear the word methamphetamine, they imagine clandestine laboratories, addiction, organized crime, maybe even the show Breaking Bad. But the history of methamphetamines begins somewhere entirely different. How about a scientific laboratory in 19th century Japan? 1893 Japanese chemist Nagai Nagayoshi synthesized methamphetamine while studying compounds related to ephedrine, a naturally occurring stimulant found in certain plants. In 1919, 26 years later, another Japanese chemist, Akira Ogata, developed a method for producing crystalline methamphetamine. Neither scientist could have anticipated how dramatically this substance would influence medicine, warfare, psychology, and international crime. […]
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- 4 ratings
- Spotify
- 3.8 / 5
- 8 ratings
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- 60
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- 0
- YouTube
- 0
- Engagement
- 84
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