Spotlight: Snitch City

Fri, 23 May

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If you enjoyed Spotlight: Snitch City, you might be interested in the new season of Deep Cover from ...

Tue, 06 May 2025 07:01:00 -0000

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Reporters Dugan Arnett and Andrew Ryan are back in court to learn the fate of a case that has spanne...

Fri, 02 May

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Today, we’re sharing the first episode of the 2025 Ambie Award-nominated investigative podcast The...

Tue, 01 Apr 2025 07:01:00 -0000

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Two former New Bedford informants tell shocking stories. The first: a woman who didn’t even know s...

Tue, 25 Mar 2025 07:01:00 -0000

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When Frank "Rizzo" Simmons was a big-time drug dealer in New Bedford in the '90s, he went toe-to-toe...

Tue, 18 Mar 2025 07:01:00 -0000

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Meet New Bedford’s police chief, Paul Oliveira. He’s had a hand in both of the stories we’ve a...

Tue, 11 Mar 2025 07:20:00 -0000

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Spotlight reporter Dugan Arnett receives a desperate phone call from an informant who’s now in pri...

Tue, 11 Mar 2025 07:10:00 -0000

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On the docks of New Bedford, Massachusetts, whispers about a rogue police officer harassing fisherme...

Wed, 26 Feb

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In a nation addicted to drugs, police across the country have become addicted to informants. Nowhere...

Tue, 18 Feb 2025 17:54:00 -0000

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In just a few weeks, the Boston Globe’s new podcast will drop. Informants are the nameless, facele...

Thu, 09 Jan 2025 17:21:00 -0000

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Confidential informants are the backbone of America’s war on drugs. But the way police use them ha...