underground economy
Welcome to Ngembe, the Firecracker Capital of Indonesia
This small village in East Java produces the majority of the nation's fireworks.
Watch As We Investigate Alternative Enterprises from the Inside on 'Black Market: Dispatches'
In our new VICELAND show, we'll meet a dark net dealer, sugar babies, and counterfeiters to explore the motivations behind the world's underground economies.
Former Sex Workers Explain How and Why They Left the Business
"The first step toward leaving that world was writing a book about it and putting my face on the cover."
We met the young hustlers cashing in on Cuba's booming black market
Millions of Cubans have turned to the underground economy to replace or supplement the meager wages of their state-sponsored jobs, as government employment on the communist island continues to pay notoriously poorly.
Michael K. Williams Returns to Newark on Today's 'Daily VICE'
On this episode of 'Daily VICE,' Williams talks with a local pastor in Newark, New Jersey to find out why the city is ridden with carjacking and crime.
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