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
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
Around the world, people who leave the faith of Islam face state persecution, imprisonment, torture, and even execution, as well as violence, death threats, and ostracisation from their own communities. Many former Muslims or apostates risk so-called honour killing, forced marriage, kidnap, and communal violence at the hands of their families for “bringing shame” on…… Read More
Like VICE News? Subscribe to our news channel: http://bit.ly/Subscribe-to-VICE-News Some parents in India practice the Devadasi tradition, selling their daughters into a life of prostitution, often around the age of 10. Watch more VICE documentaries here: http://bit.ly/VICE-Documentaries We traveled to the Indian city of Sangli to meet a group of bolshy sex workers selling their…… Read More
Japan’s obsession with cutesy culture has taken a dark turn, with schoolgirls now offering themselves for “walking dates” with adult men. Last year the US State Department, in its annual report on human trafficking, flagged so-called joshi-kosei osanpo dates (that’s Japanese for “high school walking”) as fronts for commercial sex run by sophisticated criminal networks.…… Read More
Soon after Kaylie Harris, 21, came out publicly, she was allegedly raped by a fellow service member. Months later, she died by suicide. More than 40% of sexual assaults in the military are against lesbian, gay and bisexual soldiers. Kaylie’s story highlights a series of systemic failures that not only fail to protect gay service…… Read More
Brazil’s new president, Jair Bolsonaro, signed a temporary decree on Tuesday fulfilling a campaign promise to tackle the country’s epidemic of violence by making it easier for Brazilians to buy guns. “I signed this decree, created by many upstanding people, so that at this first moment, upstanding citizens can have peace inside their homes,” Bolsonaro…… 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
Bangladesh is one of the few Muslim nations where prostitution is legal, and the country’s largest brothel is called Daulatdia, where more than 1,500 women and girls sell sex to thousands of men every day. Daulatdia is infamous for drug abuse and underage prostitution, and many of its sex workers are victims of sexual slavery…… Read More
Oklahoma has the highest number of executions per capita of any state in the US. It’s executed 116 people over the last 50 years. We talked to an inmate about what it’s like to be sentenced to death, and to his brother about what it’s like to watch a loved one be executed. Help keep…… Read More
More than 100,000 Americans died of a drug overdose in 2021, the worst year on record. The newest wave of the overdose crisis involves man-made chemicals, including animal tranquilizers, that are being combined with fentanyl to make street drugs that are deadlier and more addictive. With access to an undisguised fentanyl dealer, Beyond Fentanyl looks…… Read More
In Honduras, gang violence, poverty and corruption are waging a bloody war against women. In the past year alone, a woman has been murdered every 36 hours, making the country one of the deadliest in the world to be female. Watch more like this: Inside the Deadliest City in Honduras https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xpNZc-q20Jw Greece’s Summer of Fire…… Read More