Organized Crime
Inside El Salvador’s Jails (Excerpt from ‘Gangs of El Salvador’)
VICE News reporter Danny Gold gains access inside the jail of Usulután, where members from opposing gangs — MS-13 and 18th Street Gang — are held in separate wings.
Notepads, Guns, and Cocaine: The Isolated Life of a Paraguayan Journalist
Cándido Figueredo Ruíz's work paints a chilling portrait of organized crime and political corruption in Paraguay.
Gangs of El Salvador (Full Length)
VICE News correspondent Danny Gold headed to El Salvador to investigate what many are now calling a war between the current government and the country's most powerful street gangs.
No End To The Bloodshed: Gangs of El Salvador (Part 5)
In the final part of our five-part series, VICE News correspondent Danny Gold examines how with deaths on both sides, the cycle of killings and retaliation shows no signs of stopping.
Targeting The Young: Gangs of El Salvador (Part 4)
In part four of our five-part series, VICE News correspondent Danny Gold reports on how El Salvador's youth are affected by the conflict between the government and the country's street gangs.
One Day in Usulután: Gangs of El Salvador (Part 3)
In part three of our five-part series, VICE News correspondent Danny Gold spends a day in Usulután, a small rural region of 300,000, now in the grip of a new wave of murders and disappearances at the hands of the El Salvador's street gangs.
There Is a Snow-Removal Cartel in Montreal, Apparently
A report says some snow professionals were told they'd have their legs broken if they bid on a certain contract.
Living In Fear: Gangs of El Salvador (Part 2)
In part two of our five-part series, VICE News correspondent Danny Gold finds outs what El Salvador's street gangs really want, and speaks with those living in fear.
Waging War: Gangs of El Salvador (Part 1)
In part one of our five-part series, VICE News correspondent Danny Gold heads to El Salvador to investigate what many are now calling a war between gangs and the government.
Here's the Surveillance Footage of That Massive Biker Shootout in Texas Last May
The shootout left nine people dead, 18 injured, and more than 170 behind bars.
Japan Is Breaking Its Tradition of Having Criminals Hand Out Halloween Candy
That’s right, it is with a heavy heart that we report that the Yamaguchi-gumi—Japan’s international crime syndicate—has just announced they will no longer be giving Kobe’s eager trick-or-treaters any deliciously festive candy.
An Old Mobster Is Now on Trial for the Massive Airport Heist from ‘Goodfellas’
Vincent Asaro, an 80-year-old said to be a longtime member of the Bonanno crime family, is in court for his alleged role in the 1978 Lufthansa heist, which at the time was the largest cash theft in US history.