Gangster arrests in Dubai: who’s 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 ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½â€™s Paul O’Hare explains who’s 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 ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ documentary Kinahan: The True Story of Ireland's Mafia, tells us about the Scottish links to Daniel Kinahan’s cartel.
Scotcast is the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½â€™s Scottish news podcast, with Martin Geissler, Laura Miller and Natalie Higgins.
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