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‘Killing Is Simple’: Fear and Bloodshed in One of Europe’s Wealthiest Nations
How a perfect storm of gangland chaos, segregated youth and a glut of weapons has turned Sweden into Europe's gun homicide capital.
Encrypted Phone Network Says It's Shutting Down After Police Hack
Encrochat's customers include hitmen and drug gangs across Europe.
The Strange Case of 'Joe Exotic,' the Zookeeper Accused of Attempted Murder
"I am the most dangerous exotic animal owner on this planet right now. And before you bring me down, it is my belief that you will stop breathing."
Australia’s Most Notorious Hit Men
“Oh, things are going great, I’ve got a new job where I wear gloves.”
Australia’s Weirdest Unsolved Murder Began With a Shark Coughing Up a Human Arm
Authorities would never recover the rest of career criminal and police informant Jim Smith.
I Was on an Executioner's Hit List
After two prosecutors were gunned down in cold blood, Erleigh Wiley was named the new DA in a panicked suburban Dallas county. Turned out she was a target, too.
A Fake Dark Web Hitman Site is Linked to a Real Murder
Dark web site Besa Mafia was hacked in May 2016. The FBI has been actively investigating the site's users.
How Two American Teens Became Assassins for a Mexican Cartel
'Wolf Boys,' a new book by Dan Slater, details the bloody rise and fall of two Texas teenagers who became contract killers for the Zetas, the most violent drug cartel in Mexico, killing dozens of people in the process.
Meth, Murder, and the DEA's Mysterious Deal With the 'Most Dangerous Man in the World'
Paul Le Roux allegedly masterminded killings and smuggled drugs all over the globe. So why is the US government cutting secretive deals with him?
How Pablo Escobar's Legacy of Violence Drives Today's Cartel Wars - Part 3
In the last part of our three-part documentary, we embed with the Peruvian National Police as they trek into the Upper-Huallaga, once the main coca supplier region to the Medellín Cartel.
Teenage Hitmen Describe How They Killed People
In this excerpt from the VICE documentary about narcos in South America, host Monica Villamizar meets three young hitmen to talk about the murder business.
How Pablo Escobar's Legacy of Violence Drives Today's Cartel Wars - Part 2
In part two of this VICE documentary, a former Escobar hitman gives us a tour of the criminal underworld in Lima, Peru.