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Governments and private donors are pouring millions of dollars every year on anti-trafficking efforts. But why are these efforts barely making a dent to the $150-billion industry?

Vice World News looks at how subsidies designed to stabilize prices and boost food production are ending up in the hands of violent mafias and corrupt politicians across Europe.

The wild story of how the Lebanese terrorist group Hezbollah became major players in the global cocaine trade – and how the DEA and CIA fought each other to catch them.

Israel has seen a decades-long movement of extremist thugs and militant settlers, resulting in an extremist government – threatening the country’s democracy itself.

In 1949, the government of the Republic of China was defeated in the Chinese Civil War. The Nationalist Government fled the People’s Liberation Army to Taiwan, along with two million troops and civilians. Gao Binghan escaped alone at the age of 13.

Host, Jamie Clifton, looks at some of the chaos caused by recreational drug prohibition.

Photographer Gabriele Micalizzi was given rare access to Russian troops fighting in Ukraine.

Libs of TikTok began as an anonymous account. Now it is one of the most influential political forces in America - with the LGBTQ community firmly in its crosshairs.

Franco Pagetti has been referred to as one of the most seasoned, accomplished photojournalists of his generation.

Drug cartels are more innovative than most legitimate companies. From narco-submarines to sex toys, we look at the most inventive ways cartels have smuggled drugs.

Fentanyl is the deadly drug driving the North American overdose crisis. Ben Westhoff infiltrated China’s fentanyl labs to reveal the role of the Chinese government.

From poaching endangered shellfish to smoking quaaludes, this is the wild origin story of how meth took over South Africa.