Gangster arrests in Dubai: who’s who?

22/09/2025 24 min

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If you’re interested in this episode, you may also like ‘Gangsters gunned down in Spain’ https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002cy0r Steven Lyons and Ross McGill (both pictured) were among four significant gangland figures arrested in Dubai. The BBC’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 BBC documentary Kinahan: The True Story of Ireland's Mafia, tells us about the Scottish links to Daniel Kinahan’s cartel. Scotcast is the BBC’s Scottish news podcast, with Martin Geissler, Laura Miller and Natalie Higgins. Get in touch: [email protected]