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VICE sat down with a few members of the Bamboo Union, Taiwan’s biggest underground crime syndicate, to find out how the gang operates.

VICE met up with a full-time scammer for a look inside the shady, lucrative world of stealing credit card info on the dark web.

In this episode of Zealandia, VICE embeds with a group of youth offenders growing up among poverty, gangs and boredom and goes deep into the New Zealand bush on an early intervention programme.

VICE follows a group of 10 and 17 years kids in a deprived neighbourhood in Naples, the real-life setting of TV show Gomorra for their annual “war” between kids and so called “babygangs” of different inner city neighbourhoods.

VICE followed a young prospect in Brooklyn looking to join the Crips to see what it takes to get initiated, from finding a way to meet gang members to getting "squared in"—a vicious beating at the hands of the members.

A feud with a rival gang forces Cortez and his family to flee Chicago.

A feud with a rival gang forces Cortez and his family to flee Chicago.

Former staff reconnect with their students who lack the support of Montefiore.

Former staff reconnect with their students who lack the support of Montefiore.

On the streets, Keontay flirts with death while old mentors try to save his life.

On the streets, Keontay flirts with death while old mentors try to save his life.

Montefiore's fate grows uncertain as CPS threatens to close the school.

Sweet Iriel throws a temper tantrum while Cortez hopes to see his father.

A bullied young student finds a mentor. Crystal runs away from home.

Reverend Hood describes the history behind Chicago's current volatile situation.

Cortez and Crystal share their backgrounds before starting a fight on school bus.

VICE investigates why acid has become the go to weapon for young criminals in London.

This year alone, 1,000 people have been shot in Chicago — a fitting statistic for a city which also just logged its deadliest year in two decades.

Grace travels to LA to learn the history and evolution of Chicano style tattoos.

Grace meets up with legendary Mexican-American tattoo artist, Mister Cartoon, to gain insight about the Xicano world of tattooing.

Out-of-control gang violence in Chicago; the high human cost of oil piracy in Nigeria.​

In a vicious cycle of dependency and despair, drug addicts shoplift meat and other everyday items and sell them to cash-strapped Brits struggling to get by in today's UK.

Mike meets with the man he credits with turning his life around, Reverend Ronald B. Christian. Reverend Christian passed away in Dec. 2015.

VICE News visits Chicago to understand the dynamics at play between the police department and citizens amidst a dramatic spike in gun violence.