the business of crime

We look at the mechanics of faking your own death, its long, strange history, and how it remains an appealing tactic of criminals across the world.

From Egyptian coffins trafficked to the Met Museum to terrorist groups openly hawking stolen goods on Facebook, the antiquity trafficking black market is booming.

From drug smuggling to ramen trading, we look into the prison economy. Even behind bars, money talks. Where there’s a will, there’s generally a way.

VICE World News looks at the future of the Crime Family - why they hold such sway over the imagination and exactly what their role is in the global criminal underworld.

From the Black Axe Gang performing romance scams on lonely singletons to fake crypto hustlers in South Korea, fraud is expanding at an alarming rate.

We explore the black market body trade, which involves collusion between organized criminals and corrupt doctors, police and medical administration staff.