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The Syrian government have become some of the world’s biggest amphetamine dealers – flooding the Middle East with the drug Captagon to finance their war machine.

Award-winning photographer Mads Nissen creates connections with his photography, finding moments of passion in war or conflict zones, so his photos can inspire change.

After receiving a tip off about sexual misconduct in cheerleading, Marisa Kwiatkowski and Tricia Nadolny from USA Today investigated the system of loopholes that allowed convicted sex offenders to be involved in cheerleading.

Andi Schmied faked being a billionaire to infiltrate and photograph NYC’s most exclusive and expensive homes, which only cater to the unbelievably wealthy and privileged.

Steroids are more popular than heroin. But why are people using them? And what are the effects? We dive deep into this massive, under-unexplored drugs scene.

VICE World News speaks to an open-source information enthusiast, who’s tracking Russian oligarchs’ superyachts. All to put pressure on governments to end the war.

As President Biden pledges to close down private prisons over safety concerns, advocates worry that companies may shift to a new style of incarceration: surveillance.

How did oligarch Dmitry Firtash, aka Putin’s ‘Man in Ukraine’, end up buying a tube station in the heart of London? Journalist Oliver Bullough investigates.

LGBTQ+ people tend to use drugs at significantly higher rates than straight people, and in this episode - we’re asking why.

Russia’s brutal War on Drugs has led to some of some of the world’s deadliest street drugs and an exploding HIV crisis – and the Russian people have paid the price.

In Syria’s Raqqa, locals talk of an ISIS mass grave. Using drones and online evidence, Human Rights Watch’s Digital Investigations Lab pieces together what happened.

Earlier this year, as the world turned its attention to Putin, scores of suspected ISIS militants escaped a prison in Syria during a sophisticated breakout.