Murder Brokers from Hot Money: The New Narcos

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Pushkin Industries

True Crime, History

4.3 • 3.8K Ratings

🗓️ 12 December 2023

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

When a Dutch crime reporter makes an unbelievable discovery, a small-town murder case begins to look like an international assassination plot. Enjoy this episode from Hot Money: The New Narcos, a podcast from Pushkin Industries and the Financial Times.

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0:00.0	Pushkin
0:09.0	Hey Jake here, I'm back in your feed to bring you an episode of Hot Money, the New Narcos, a podcast
0:15.8	from Pushkin Industries and the Financial Times. This season begins with a murder in a small town
0:22.2	and leads to the story of a cocaine super cartel that is
0:25.8	revolutionizing the global drugs market. In the show's new season, Financial Times
0:30.8	investigative reporter Miles Johnson examines the drugs, money laundering, and state-sponsored assassinations that stretch from Dublin to Dubai.
0:41.0	Today we'll be playing the podcast's first episode. If you enjoy it, you can listen to
0:46.4	hot money, the New Narcoes, wherever you get your podcasts. And to listen to ad free,
0:51.9	subscribe to Pushkin Plus on Apple Podcasts, or by visiting Pushkin.
0:57.0	FM slash Plus. I'm Miles Johnson and I'm an investigative journalist with the Financial Times and the story I'm going to tell you it's not a love story but it starts with a wedding. It's a wedding that takes place in Dubai in 2017.
1:17.0	It's a hot summer's day at the Burge Alarab, one of the most expensive hotels in the world.
1:24.0	It's a skyscraper, shaped like the sail of a ship, rising up from the glittering water of the Persian
1:29.4	Gulf.
1:31.8	Guests can arrive across a private bridge in the hotel's fleet of Rolls-Royce
1:35.4	Phantoms or fly in landing on the helipad on the roof. The wedding party that day
1:41.2	has been told to keep things discreet, no photos and no social media.
1:47.0	Security is tight.
1:49.2	The groom is a young Irish entrepreneur and some of his most important business partners have come to celebrate his big day.
1:55.6	But these aren't your average businessman.
1:58.9	Some of them hang priceless stolen masterpieces on their walls.
2:03.0	They've got multiple passports,
2:05.0	with multiple identities,
	...

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