Nicola Tallent

This was how the cartel's profits were laundered, through spending sprees and rolls of cash handed across the shop counters in Harrods.

The definition of ill-gotten gains was hanging in wardrobes in his luxury mansion in Tamworth.

Cartel members know the risk of peddling drugs across international borders.

But when officers start rifling through their six-figure wardrobes, confiscating their luxury watches and handbag collections, it does hit a nerve.

The court's inventory of Bomber's lavish spending gave an inkling into just how far removed he'd become from the day-to-day drug trade.

He oversaw the delegation of smuggling routes of finance and of enforcement to trusted lieutenants.

The proceedings in Ipswich Crown Court didn't just mark the fall of Thomas Bommer Cavanagh's personal empire.

They also signalled something far bigger.

Bomber's collapse marks the first true fracture in what had long looked like an impenetrable underworld machine.

The cartel's chief strategist, the man who kept its international supply lines running smoothly, had finally been taken down.

Seen as untouchable for years, his sentence for importing tens of millions of pounds of drugs was a major shot across the bow of the Kinahan cartel.

You've been listening to an extract from our nine-part series, The Science of Fear, about the rise and fall of Daniel Kinahan's right-hand man, Thomas Bomber Kavanagh.

To listen to all nine parts, log on to crimeworld.com and hit subscribe.

I'm Nicola Tallent and Crime World is back at Cork Opera House on March 27th, where Niall and I will be uncovering the secret world of Christy, the dapper Dawn Kinahan. Join us for this live show. Tickets, corkpodcastfestival.ie.

I'm Nicola Tallent and Crime World is back at Cork Opera House on March 27th, where Niall and I will be uncovering the secret world of Christy, the dapper Dawn Kinahan. Join us for this live show. Tickets, corkpodcastfestival.ie. This is part two of our brand new subscriber-only series Killing Keen about the gruesome murder of Cian Mulready Woods. If you want to hear the full series, go to crimeworld.com and click to subscribe.

I'm Nicola Tallent and Crime World is back at Cork Opera House on March 27th, where Niall and I will be uncovering the secret world of Christy, the dapper Dawn Kinahan. Join us for this live show. Tickets, corkpodcastfestival.ie. A woman left in a critical condition after being assaulted in County Tipperary has been named locally as Scarlett Faulkner, a mother of one in her 20s.

Shocking video footage of the aftermath of the attack was shared on social media, as cars drove by and witnessed her lying on a roadside in broad daylight. Gardi believed that Scarlett was attacked by two people on the OR-494 at Bird Hill, near the M7 motorway in Tipperary, around 5.30pm on Sunday. You're listening to Crime World, a podcast from crimeworld.com.

Niin Niall, sinä lähettit minulle melko yllättävän kuvan videon, jonka olen katsellut, ja emme käy sitä, koska olemme kysyneet, ettei. Koska tutkimus tapahtuu todennäköisesti. Kyllä, ja mielestäni tietenkin, koska se on niin graafinen, mutta todellisuus on, että moni, moni ihmisistä on nähnyt sen ja se on kaikki sosiaalisessa mediassa.

Hän on nimeltään Scarlett Faulkner. Hän on Limerick City Traveller-yhteisön jäsen. Hän on 6-vuotias lapsen isä. Hän on 20-vuotias. Järjestäjät sanovat, että hän oli vahvistettu kaksi henkilöä R494 Birdhillin M7-kautta 5.30 päivää sydäntäisenä.

että tämä asia olisi tapahtunut johonkin publikaan näin. Joten periaatteessa he etsivät tietoa kokoomuksista kaksi vehikkoa. Verkkosuunta 1624 ja vihreä 161 VW Turan People Carrier. Joukkueet sanoivat, että nämä vehikeet käyvät konvoissa. He käyvät vaikeasti 4.30 ja 5.30 päivän aikana Birdhill-villassa.