Pirates
How the US Invasion of Afghanistan Failed Women
Check out the trailer for our upcoming episode of 'VICE' on HBO, airing April 8 at 11PM.
Somali Pirates Charged with a Hijacking That Killed a French Skipper Are on Trial in France
The seven pirates charged in connection to the deadly hijacking have spent the last five years incarcerated in France, and face life imprisonment if found guilty.
The Last Gasp of the Big Budget Porno
With sales plummeting, one porn director hopes crowdfunding will help keep ambitious pornography alive.
Drones Will Forever Change How Pirates Operate on the High Seas
“For the first time, non-state adversaries would have an air force.”
Canadian Navy Could Use Space and Lasers to Battle Pirates on the High Seas
Canada already does a fair bit of aquatic policing, busting cocaine smugglers in the Caribbean and running counter-terrorism and anti-piracy operations in and around the Indian Sea and in the Gulf of Aden.
‘The Secret of Monkey Island’ Is Still a Perfect Video Game
It's ancient, slow, and you (almost) can't die in it. And yet LucasArts' 1990 adventure remains absolute gaming perfection for me.
Nova Scotia Is Now and Forever Soaked in Rum
Long before it began building ships, Nova Scotia was distilling rum. A favorite haunt of pirates in the 1700s, the province later became a hotbed of rum smuggling during Prohibition. Now, craft distilleries are carrying on the rum tradition.
Pirates Could Make a Comeback as Illegal Fishing Returns to Somalia's Coast
Tensions between local fishermen and unregulated foreign vessels are at a boiling point, leading officials to fear that desperate Somalis will soon launch a second pirate war that will be much deadlier than the first.
Everything We Know About the Hunt and Capture of Gino and Mark Stocco
With the capture of Australia's most-wanted criminals, we look back at the crime career of the father and son. Over the past decade they've been compared to pirates, bushrangers, and committed fraud against a priest while living on a yacht.
The UK's Piracy Battle Is an Ongoing Arms Race
The anti-piracy campaign ramps up, but how effective is it?