"48-year-old Newry man John McGivern has been forced to confess to a raft of drug charges, including dealing cocaine. The businessman used his company as a front to cover for the millions he was making from also being an international drug dealer. He is the latest member of the criminal aristocracy brought down in the wake of the gangster phone network Encrochat getting hacked by French spies."
"'The Chocolate' is now likely to be sent to Maghaberry Prison but the question on the streets now is - who will fill the vacuum? On this episode, Niamh Campbell is joined by Ciaran Barnes from the Sunday Life and by Allison Morris from the Belfast Telegraph."
John McGivern, a 48-year-old Newry businessman, confessed to numerous drug charges including dealing cocaine. He operated a legitimate company as a front to conceal millions earned from international drug trafficking. Evidence obtained from the hacked EncroChat gangster phone network linked him to a broader criminal aristocracy. The convict known as 'The Chocolate' now faces likely imprisonment at Maghaberry. Local concern centers on which criminal figures will exploit the resulting power vacuum. The case forms part of a wider set of dismantled organised crime networks exposed through the EncroChat breach.
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