On The Listening Post this week: protests in Dhaka are about more than road safety, but the government will not let that message air. Plus, how the late Tom Wolfe inspires journalists today. Speaking the unspeakable in Bangladesh It is rare for traffic accidents to result in international headlines. But that is what happened in…… Read More
On 10th March 2020, photojournalist Shafiqul Islam Kajol left his home to go to work. He never returned. The survivor of an alleged enforced disappearance, today Shafiqul Islam Kajol remains in jail on charges filed under Bangladesh’s heavily criticised Digital Security Act. This is his story, his family’s story and also the story of Bangladesh’s…… Read More
From a local accountant who tipped off a mob boss, to a national politician accused of being a Mafia fixer – in Italy, the lines between Masonry and Mafia are blurred. In The Business of Crime, VICE World News looks at different parts of the criminal economy, separating fact from myth. In this episode, we…… Read More
Subscribe to VICE News here: http://bit.ly/Subscribe-to-VICE-News A recent UN report revealed that one in eight men in rural Bangladesh admit to having committed rape. Although it is a crime punishable by death, there are no accurate government figures for rape in Bangladesh, largely due to social stigma and a failure by local authorities to investigate…… Read More
The Pacific islands have become a transit point for international crime syndicates smuggling drugs from the Americas to Australia. Now, SBS Dateline has discovered that Australian tourists are smuggling significant amounts of high-grade cocaine into Australia on commercial flights from Fiji. This documentary first aired in 2020. If you are in Australia, watch more documentaries…… Read More
Dive into the phenomenon known as circular reporting and how it contributes to the spread of false news and misinformation. — In previous decades, most news with global reach came from several major newspapers and networks with the resources to gather information directly. The speed with which information spreads now, however, has created the ideal…… Read More
We chat to a young credit card scammer who has been ‘’deetsing’’ – buying account details online to purchase whatever he wants without the account holder’s knowledge or consent. Teenagers as young as 13 are learning how to commit online fraud at school and say they are targeting the rich. Some are using profits to…… Read More
There have been claims of Pakistan pushing drugs into the India’s border state of Punjab, as an act of alleged Narco-terrorism for decades. Once Punjab doubled down on drug trafficking in the state, its neighbour Himachal seemed to have become collateral damage. India’s northernmost state Himachal Pradesh is in the grips of a heroin crisis,…… Read More
In September 2020, 4 upper caste Thakur men allegedly brutally gang-raped and attacked a 19-year-old Dalit woman in India’s most populous state, Uttar Pradesh. She died because of it and the police hurriedly cremated her without the consent of the family. This tragedy led to India actually being forced to deal with its caste problem.…… Read More
“Are you hacking VICE right now?” This Russian hacker told us he is not stealing compromising information, just accessing raw data. In 2017, Ben Makuch traveled the world to meet with hackers, government officials, and dissidents to investigate the ecosystem of cyberwarfare. Watch more like this: An Interview with Hacker ‘Phineas Fisher’ as a Puppet…… Read More
An English teacher reveals the horrors of working at a notorious Hagwon school in South Korea, where staff and students are overworked to the point of breaking. The conditions are so bad that many teachers choose to “midnight run” – disappear in the night with no warning. After dealing with sexual harassment, constant CCTV monitoring,…… Read More
Since 2010 there have been 1,800 reported acid attacks in the London, with a steep 70% rise between 2015 to 2016. As the number of victims grows, data suggests Britain has the worst record in the developed world for assaults with household acids like bleach and drain cleaner. Only a quarter of recorded attacks have…… Read More