Ralph Riegel

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552 appearances 3 recordings 1 series first heard Jul 2026 last heard 3 Sep

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The Indo Daily · 'The Milkman': How an Irish 'gentleman gangster' built a global drugs empire – and how it all came crashing down · 24 Aug 2026 podcast

And do we know much about his life in the six years since? matched

We don't, Kevin. matched

The Milkman was always a very, very clever man. matched

And I think he very much realized that if he breached the terms of his parole, he would most definitely die behind prison bars. matched

So he hasn't come to police attention. matched

He has very much stayed off the radar. matched

He has lived a very, very quiet life. matched

He has not done any major interviews. matched

He's done his best to stay away from the press. matched

We understand that one of the things that he most bitterly regrets is that he has had a lifelong interest in horse racing, but because of the lifetime ban, he's not able to go and get involved in any type of activity on race courses across Britain. matched

I think the legacy of the milkman, Kevin, is that he he demonstrated to the authorities that they had to avail of every possible investigative technique available to them, whether it be surveillance, whether it be accounting, tracking of assets, maritime surveillance, the weaknesses within the detection system, not just in Ireland but across Europe. matched

And he was matched

Such a clever man. matched

He was, I think, in many ways the person who set the standard for a lot of these international drug smugglers that he showed how you you try and stay off the radar. matched

While he enjoyed luxury lifestyle, it wasn't flashed to the point of showing off cash in the face of the authorities. matched

And he was crucially obsessed with trying to cover his tracks. matched

There was no paper trail. matched

He made it very difficult for the authorities to pin specific things to him. matched

And it wasn't until the entire network fell apart and police were able to. matched

joined the dots that suddenly he was in their sights and that they were in a position to bring a prosecution against him. matched

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