Gavin Butler
Senior Reporter
gavin.butler@vice.comGavin is an award-winning reporter covering drugs, crime and trafficking around the world, with a focus on Southeast Asia and the Pacific.
Child Refugees Killed on Highway After Hundreds Flee Immigration Detention Centre
Human rights groups say their detention was illegal, and are demanding clarity on why the refugees were held there in the first place.
The West Is Worried About China’s Security Pact with the Solomon Islands
The U.S. has flagged concerns that China might establish a military presence in the South Pacific. The Solomon Islands said this was “misinformation.”
Man Charged With 413 Child Abuse Offences Over ‘Hundreds of Hours’ of Exploitation Material
Police seized millions of exploitative images and videos, in what they described as one of the most significant child abuse investigations ever conducted in Western Australia.
It Took Us Less Than 24 Hours to Order an Endangered Tiger on Facebook
Bears, pangolins, leopard cats: It’s shockingly easy to buy some of the most endangered species globally on the world's largest social media platform.
Flood Victims Are Being Kicked Out of Crisis Housing to Make Way for Tourists
A letter obtained by VICE World News showed Australian government officials asking homeless disaster victims to make way for holiday goers.
Buddhist Monks Keep Getting Arrested for Corruption, Murder and Drug Trafficking
What's up with the Thai clergy's unexpected and twisted relationship with crime?
A Mental Health Crisis Is Brewing Among These Flood Victims. The Worst Looks Yet to Come.
The physical impact of climate change is all too easy to see, but it's the unseen effects—PTSD, depression, suicide—which lurk beneath the surface.
US Officially Declares a Genocide Against the Rohingya in Myanmar
It's only the eighth time the U.S. has made such a designation, which was based on survivor reports of murder and gang rape by the country's military.
The Rich and Famous Took Over Australia’s Most Famous Beach Town. The Locals Are Now Homeless.
Many of those priced out of celebrity hideaway Byron Bay have been among the worst impacted by Australia’s recent deadly floods.
Russia Is Forcing Conscripts To Fight, While Ukrainians Are Desperate To Enlist
As Ukrainians fight to join the resistance, on the Russian side, reports depict a demoralised army using illegal conscripts pushed to the front line.
Australia Is Experiencing Some of the Worst Flooding in Its History
The freak weather event, which has claimed at least 20 lives so far, has been called “a natural disaster of unprecedented proportions.”
12-Year-Olds Can No Longer Consent to Sex in the Philippines
The change has been called a “milestone” in tackling child abuse in the Philippines, which previously had the world’s joint-lowest age of consent.