Andrew Pritchard was arrested for smuggling $130 million dollars worth of cocaine through the Caribbean to Europe using shipping containers in the 1990s and 2000s. Pritchard initially smuggled cocaine for the UK…
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In Marseille, criminal gangs wage turf wars. In this city alone, drug trafficking has claimed the lives of 73 people in the past two years. More and more innocent victims are caught…
We got exclusive access to Mexico’s border and military checkpoints to find out if the country’s crackdown on cartels is real — or just for show. We embedded with the Mexican National…
Before surf was a mall rack, before action sports got rinsed through energy drinks, private equity, Olympic committees, Instagram reels, and “coastal lifestyle” mood boards, it was a dirtbag economy. Guys sleeping…
VICE takes you inside the new drug epidemic hitting the streets of Miami a we break down exactly what makes the new Tranq crisis so dangerous…and what sets it apart from other…
Confessions of a Cartel Cocaine Kingpin on Tommy G’s YouTube dives into the raw, unfiltered mindset of a former high-level player in the cocaine trade. The interview pulls back the curtain on…
This is how surging cocaine trafficking has fueled a burgeoning crack crisis, which is taking hold across Western Europe. For the latest episode of VICE’s War on Drugs series, we explore Germany’s…
What happens when a teenage schoolboy from Liverpool vanishes at 19—only to reappear across Europe as the unassuming mastermind of a £20 million drug trafficking empire? Meet Eddie Burton, a baby-faced enigma…
Fentanyl is the deadliest illegal drug in US history by far. It’s often described as the ultimate high, but it’s actually an inferior, short-lived, and brutally addictive version of heroin. In this…
Since the 1990’s Mexico’s Narco Pilots have risked life and limb transporting drugs for the Cartels. It’s a risky game but many are attracted to it by the upwards of $12,000 they…