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'County Lines' Is About More Than Just Drugs
We spoke to director Henry Blake about his new film on the "going country" phenomenon.
The Obvious Problem with Using Children as Drug Gang Informants
This week, the Home Office fought a children's charity in court to defend police use of child spies in infiltrating county lines gangs – and won.
VICE's Max Daly Won the Orwell Prize for His Drugs Reporting
Read some of Max Daly's prize-winning work right here.
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How Drug Dealing Gangs Are Taking Over the Countryside
We took a trip to the Essex borough of Thurrock to see how the housing crisis and the "going country" phenomenon is affecting Britain's towns and villages.
How City Drug Gangs First Used Teens to Take Over British Towns
The "going country" phenomenon isn't as new as many like to make out. Here is the inside story of the first "county lines" gangs, nearly 20 years ago.
What It's Really Like 'Going Country'
We spoke to two young British men who have been sent miles from home to sell crack and heroin for drug gangs.
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