The Mafia And A Nigerian Gang Are Targeting Refugees In Sicily (HBO)

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  • čas přidán 22. 10. 2017
  • They’ve fled violence, poverty, and terrorism - and made the often perilous journey across the Mediterranean from Africa and the Middle East. But for the more than 100,000 migrants who’ve arrived in Italy so far this year, the life that awaits them can be almost as dangerous as the one they left behind.
    This is particularly true for economic migrants, who don’t have the same legal status as refugees, and aren’t given the same work permits or financial aid to help them survive. Barred from the legal workforce, and with few financial options, many are targeted by criminal gangs - supported by the Italian mafia - and thrust into a life of sex slavery and drug trafficking.
    That’s what VICE News discovered after visiting Ballarò, a small market area, and traditional mafia stronghold near Palermo, Sicily, where the infamous Cosa Nostra mafia syndicate continues to wield power.
    VICE News went to Sicily, to hear from migrants who’ve been caught in the crosshairs.
    Thumbnail image credit: Harriet Dedman/VICE News
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  • @VICENews
    @VICENews  Před 5 lety +95

    VICE News went to Sicily, to hear from migrants who’ve been caught in the crosshairs.
    WATCH NEXt: What It's Like For Migrants Making The Perilous Trek Into France - bit.ly/2w0wQYp

    • @butifyourim
      @butifyourim Před 5 lety +3

      VICE News
      6:42, what sedan is that?

    • @kearifamousc9249
      @kearifamousc9249 Před 5 lety

      VICE News @&#OhNo!!shock to bones me since it passed out by from some gov’t issues! Yet its these real crimes mafias as in Mexico also’

    • @kearifamousc9249
      @kearifamousc9249 Před 5 lety +2

      VICE News i not believing to is the people pretend kind to words said but its the shockwaves in Italy actually

    • @israelsage9958
      @israelsage9958 Před 3 lety

      Isn’t ironic Italian couldn’t colonize Ethiopian; but now Nigerian ruling Sicily!!!

    • @shanellsmith2346
      @shanellsmith2346 Před 3 lety

      1:37 😒😒Every last 1 of them came for freedom due to the war an being in Libya getting tortured an beat 🇮🇹 let them in when no else wanted to help and these People turn right around an try to hurt others and make it bad for those who want a better life😩 hurt people hurt people I tell ya smh smh

  • @neurocytohemotoxic
    @neurocytohemotoxic Před 6 lety +1645

    Did anyone else notice Emeka looked over his shoulder when he started talking about testifying against the gangsters?

    • @elleJay-mb4yn
      @elleJay-mb4yn Před 5 lety +30

      neurocytohemotoxic I noticed that. He seemed anxious

    • @AlexanderTheGreat1000
      @AlexanderTheGreat1000 Před 5 lety +87

      @@elleJay-mb4yn yea he heard a noise. And turned hella quick

    • @quincyileh1578
      @quincyileh1578 Před 4 lety +138

      I just hope he is alright and they haven't killed him ,people pls learn to value life

    • @rkc6005
      @rkc6005 Před 4 lety +23

      Facts! He’s shooked AF!!! 🤦‍♂️👀

    • @marvelousj7951
      @marvelousj7951 Před 4 lety +86

      I'm from Palermo, they have killed him 1 month ago.

  • @PotentiaMentis
    @PotentiaMentis Před 3 lety +1081

    Emeka the guy who survived the black axe is dead since october 2019 under unknown circumstances, then they said he died because a health issue ... while everyone who knew him said he was healthy

  • @MK-qb7nj
    @MK-qb7nj Před 3 lety +173

    The fact that there are even Nigerian gangs in Italy is absurd

    • @harlem8015
      @harlem8015 Před 3 lety +17

      I must agree in that as a nigerian

    • @954made3
      @954made3 Před 3 lety +3

      How?

    • @AgenteET786
      @AgenteET786 Před 2 lety +1

      Mafia use street gangs to sell drugs, nothing of new

    • @davyjones8645
      @davyjones8645 Před 2 lety +33

      Italian gangs in Ameria

    • @sickrem9865
      @sickrem9865 Před 2 lety +17

      the mafia command the italy, the nigerian gang is a minor problem

  • @eghosajames7498
    @eghosajames7498 Před 6 lety +496

    Deport all the members, let them go and suffer in Nigeria, because does people are spoiling the name of the good people from Nigeria, God will continue to expose them

    • @yashrathore1525
      @yashrathore1525 Před 5 lety +9

      So true brother

    • @barryand601
      @barryand601 Před 5 lety +24

      Eghosa James Yes. They make it harder for Italians and Nigerians who want a better life. Sickening.

    • @arx3516
      @arx3516 Před 4 lety +3

      That means freeing those criminals and unleashing them on Nigeria. No criminals have to stay in prison.

    • @leoandersson6461
      @leoandersson6461 Před 4 lety +26

      @@arx3516 No, just transefering them from Italian prisons to Nigerian prisons.

    • @whayes8084
      @whayes8084 Před 4 lety +1

      Eghosa James Why didn’t the US do that to Italians then?

  • @thealleykittens
    @thealleykittens Před 6 lety +3090

    Vice you should properly cover the faces of the whistleblowers. That scarf isn't enough.

    • @oro7114
      @oro7114 Před 6 lety +71

      laser325 don’t you think vice would want to hide the faces of actors they employed if that was the case?

    • @templar_tv
      @templar_tv Před 6 lety

      Always remember your roots.
      Time is soon European Brothers!
      czcams.com/video/aKrCdMO8kak/video.html

    • @AqierDesigns
      @AqierDesigns Před 6 lety +17

      laser325 no. the way you think, as vice beeing the evil propaganda side, don‘t you think they have more intresst in covering up their lies than a random guys face?
      yup. they would, if they were an evil propaganda corp. but they aren‘t. and so they don‘t need to. and its up to the people who talk to them that tell the journalists how much censoring they want when doing interview.

    • @grindvilleblackj
      @grindvilleblackj Před 6 lety +2

      IT IS THO

    • @boutek
      @boutek Před 6 lety +9

      Don't be naive. "A whistle blower"? The guy said nothing. The scarf was jsut to add drama.

  • @Goldenxbih
    @Goldenxbih Před 5 lety +225

    At this point I can’t complain, it’s corruption that’s ruining Nigeria.

    • @xdqueen9089
      @xdqueen9089 Před 4 lety +25

      Nigeria needs to get a grip then, people start losing their patience.

    • @paradox_695
      @paradox_695 Před 3 lety +24

      corruption is ruining everybody

    • @francisnwadike9505
      @francisnwadike9505 Před 3 lety +6

      You don't even get what is happening in there, there government are the real mob Italian government is one of the courrpt country in eu and as you can see the mob are the one using Nigerian Mafia so why are calling them name

    • @sabrinavee3126
      @sabrinavee3126 Před 3 lety +16

      Corruption is ruining whole of Africa

    • @Goldenxbih
      @Goldenxbih Před 3 lety +14

      @@francisnwadike9505 You don’t know me, I’m nigerian and I KNOW what my country is like and I’m speaking about it. I don’t care about Italy, I’m concerned that there’s Nigerian gangs doing these such things.

  • @87MasterJ
    @87MasterJ Před 6 lety +233

    It is a shame that VICE don´t care about the anonymity from their sources. He might not know that this scarf won´t work, but VICE should know!

  • @marvelousj7951
    @marvelousj7951 Před 4 lety +274

    Emeka the first dude with the big scar sadly has passed away in October. I'm from Palermo

  • @j_the_don5160
    @j_the_don5160 Před 3 lety +189

    It’s been 3 years and I’d be surprised if that guy is still alive. They didn’t cover his face nor did they change his voice. They should’ve just wrote “DEADMAN” on his forehead.

  • @itamarflores9238
    @itamarflores9238 Před 6 lety +1350

    I’m about to read the comments pls pray for me

    • @dr4t
      @dr4t Před 6 lety +8

      I'm sorry for you :(

    • @itamarflores9238
      @itamarflores9238 Před 6 lety +3

      Must Apply true

    • @gunterification
      @gunterification Před 6 lety +38

      The comments all seam pretty reasonable to me. no racism just facts

    • @cowboydelnorte3078
      @cowboydelnorte3078 Před 6 lety +39

      Itamar Flores lol I hate the racist comments bc if it was the Italians in Africa then it wouldn’t be anti-Italian but it wouldn’t be disrespectful it’s all cool though crime is crime and criminals are criminals and it isn’t good for anyone

    • @customcourier6097
      @customcourier6097 Před 6 lety

      hahaha 😂

  • @mysticmadman5961
    @mysticmadman5961 Před 5 lety +68

    "A nigerian gang that "slipped in" early on".
    "A Nigerian gang that was deliberately sent to Sicily"

    • @rider4334
      @rider4334 Před 3 lety +7

      Imagine if ISIS also used this strategy with Syrian Refugees

    • @cruzgomes5660
      @cruzgomes5660 Před 3 lety +3

      @@rider4334 *ahem* Germany and France in the mid 2010s

    • @oshycontin
      @oshycontin Před 2 lety

      @@cruzgomes5660 m

  • @preferredpronoun3689
    @preferredpronoun3689 Před 6 lety +290

    Seems odd the Sicilians are not more worried about Nigerians flooding their island, especially with the crime wave. You'd think politicians would be all over this one.

    • @TheZHpredator
      @TheZHpredator Před 6 lety +79

      Politicians in siciliy?? You cleary have no clue. We have la cosa nostra here and the politicians dont lift a finger. Now bcs some nigerians you think they do something? nope

    • @fao5917
      @fao5917 Před 6 lety +85

      the Nigerians are just the new "guys-on-the-street" for the Mafia. Some refugees dealing drugs ain't shit compared to the Mafia

    • @danielhernandez-vo9zc
      @danielhernandez-vo9zc Před 6 lety +19

      Cause the mafia controls them

    • @espenviorini3782
      @espenviorini3782 Před 6 lety +1

      We are but it not as big as showen in the video

    • @WhoreStories757
      @WhoreStories757 Před 6 lety +36

      Crime wave in a country controlled by the mafia

  • @davlmt
    @davlmt Před 6 lety +324

    Why is there 'refugees' in the title when the documentary only talks about economic migrants?

    • @chickendinner9255
      @chickendinner9255 Před 6 lety +8

      davlmt I was wondering the same thing

    • @sharefactor
      @sharefactor Před 3 lety +28

      Leftist reflex

    • @ChokyoDK
      @ChokyoDK Před 3 lety +4

      Coz they are targeting refugees and trying to recruit them.

    • @LucasMartin-im5ub
      @LucasMartin-im5ub Před 3 lety +10

      To make the host countries feel bad for something they did not do and are not responsible for.

    • @LucasMartin-im5ub
      @LucasMartin-im5ub Před 3 lety +2

      @@ChokyoDK It looks like you didn't understand the OP's comment and probably call everyone illegally crossing borders 'refugees'. That's false, though. They're economic migrants regardless of your political stance.

  • @Thedarkestblackisstillblue
    @Thedarkestblackisstillblue Před 4 lety +237

    My parents are Nigerian and worked their asses off to get to America. They are both pediatrician. These people are embarrassing to hard-working Nigerians

    • @calebakinfolarin8941
      @calebakinfolarin8941 Před 4 lety +27

      VENTURE HOLLY are you accusing someone of taking advantage of an opportunity. You might have missed the “worked their asses off” part

    • @corporateraider9766
      @corporateraider9766 Před 4 lety +7

      @@calebakinfolarin8941 Some people either can't read or are dumb

    • @BurnCrushExecute
      @BurnCrushExecute Před 3 lety +2

      Well said!

    • @joshuakaleb8799
      @joshuakaleb8799 Před 3 lety +10

      Foolish comment. Nigeria has a massive population of 180 million people with the majority in poverty. Unlike your parents who I'm 100% sure couldn't go to America without someone helping them somehow I'm sure many of these people come from dire poverty and have no one to help.

    • @youngcarti1789
      @youngcarti1789 Před 3 lety +2

      even though I'm Not A FAN of Nigerians but @Yeetus you have to remember No one Chooses this life from Nowhere ...LIFE IS HARD LIFE IS HARD

  • @Asewitt
    @Asewitt Před 6 lety +132

    Legalise drugs and prostitution and they're business is gone

  • @TheProdiga1One
    @TheProdiga1One Před 6 lety +58

    before the racist comments starts. these people are very hated in nigeria too.

    • @followthegrow108
      @followthegrow108 Před 4 lety +3

      No theure not. They embrace this culture over there. As the Don stated. Sh** hole countries.

    • @electronictoj5379
      @electronictoj5379 Před 4 lety +22

      @@followthegrow108 are you from Nigeria

    • @rayanomar4832
      @rayanomar4832 Před 4 lety +14

      @@followthegrow108 stfu kid

  • @AnythingAcousticTV
    @AnythingAcousticTV Před 6 lety +532

    Economic migrants should be sent home, I just don't understand this

    • @calebshade4991
      @calebshade4991 Před 6 lety +19

      How considerate of you.

    • @TheOneHolyMackerel
      @TheOneHolyMackerel Před 6 lety +81

      Imagine not being allowed to legally get a job or drive. You used to receive 40 dinar per month (until UNHCR ran out of money), but the rent you have to pay is 200. You get exploited by a guy who pays you 150 per month to work 12 hours per day, 7 days per week , and who is the same person who charges you the 200 in rent. You've been on a waiting list for 2 years while the UN "considers your case". Even when the war ends, you can't go home because there are militias who will kidnap and kill you when they find you, just because of your family name. The police catch you working and fine you 300 dinar, but you have to continue in order not to starve. Your kids are not allowed to go to school, so they have no access to education. No organisation, charity or government helps you in any way, because you are not inside a refugee camp.
      80-90% of refugees live outside refugee camps in Jordan, and this has been the experience for most refugees there. I can't fault the government, given they've taken in over one million refugees . But don't think there can be any kind of life in neighbouring countries. The line between "real refugee" and economic migrant is blurred in reality because it is their refugee status which excludes them from participation in the economy and society, namely getting a job, and leaves them vulnerable to being exploited.
      You don't have to agree with letting refugees into Europe, but at least understand the situation they face before making assumptions.

    • @pietrojenkins6901
      @pietrojenkins6901 Před 6 lety +8

      Even the US corporations are economic migrants for moving jobs to foreign lands.

    • @naranjadinamica
      @naranjadinamica Před 6 lety +1

      It's the war machine

    • @12Ahoc
      @12Ahoc Před 6 lety +34

      We need workers? Are you high? We don't have enough jobs for our own citizens, where on earth did you get we need workers? We have barely been in the green in GDP for the past 5 years. This is why you see huge rates of youth emigrating from Italy, its because we have no jobs. If any of you are interested in the sheer magnitude of how many migrants we receive look up "Lampedusa' , every week new boats come in. 845 arrived in 3 days this week, and thats just a tuesday and only 1 Italian island. I understand their plight and am entirely empathetic, the fact of reality is we do not have the jobs or economy for most of these people. If they are looking for El Dorado in Italy they are sadly mistaken.
      Also some stupid comment about 'The libtards fault' . Most of these people get deported after a year, especially if there is no evidence they are trying to assimilate (Government offers free italian lessons, cultural customs etc..). They arrive faster than it is feasibly possible for us to deport them.

  • @makaahmanasseh
    @makaahmanasseh Před 6 lety +8

    My brother got attacked and almost killed spoke up and said no almost got killed and now he speaking up for his people love this guy that’s a real godly man! May yah bless that brother!!

  • @braedengriffiths4249
    @braedengriffiths4249 Před 6 lety +237

    Approximately 1/3 of the foreign students in my engineering program are from Nigeria, they work damn hard and genuinely awesome guys. Sad to see you have these fuckwits going about and ruining chances for others.

    • @PrettyGurl12361
      @PrettyGurl12361 Před 4 lety +47

      Braeden- that is true. They are the most educated group in America. They outperform Asians and white income and education level too. But of course, people do not talk about that.

    • @amasemota2971
      @amasemota2971 Před 4 lety +1

      @@PrettyGurl12361 these other Africans especially Ghanaians and south Africa's are fools

    • @ogpapai4618
      @ogpapai4618 Před 4 lety +7

      @@amasemota2971 wow Ghanaians? i dont think u have your facts straight

    • @lukasadabor4750
      @lukasadabor4750 Před 4 lety

      Fr

    • @TheOne-cf3lh
      @TheOne-cf3lh Před 4 lety +5

      Lovely 111 anyone that’s educated on the topic knows that. I’ve always used Nigerians as an example when it comes to this. Hard working and educated with discipline. Some African Americans should learn instead of complain.

  • @philg6757
    @philg6757 Před 6 lety +405

    It`s not only Europe.I was living in Cambodia for 3 years and was held up by 5 Nigerians. If it wasn't for a quick thinking Cambodian army officer god only knows what would have happened.
    The visa`s for Nigerians changed not long after my run in,1mth only.

    • @dontignorewatchme5851
      @dontignorewatchme5851 Před 6 lety +91

      mike sixx you're a dumb as with that generalized statement

    • @MESSI-fx1ob
      @MESSI-fx1ob Před 6 lety +70

      Phil G Cambodia is run by a dictatorship and ur calling Nigerians thugs Cambodia is poor ass country stop acting elite

    • @michaelpark6417
      @michaelpark6417 Před 6 lety +28

      Omar Kamal he never called them thugs?

    • @philg6757
      @philg6757 Před 6 lety +15

      Scamming their way around SEAsia,the local law are onto them.

    • @big3ye378
      @big3ye378 Před 6 lety +101

      The Nigerians kids are some of the smartest ones at my College

  • @sanelojosephs725
    @sanelojosephs725 Před 6 lety +30

    Nigerians are every where Vice should come to Johannesburg

  • @nopulau8628
    @nopulau8628 Před 6 lety +40

    If the Mafia doesn't keep the Nigerian numbers down they will be overrun sooner or later.

    • @Red4score
      @Red4score Před 3 lety +5

      true

    • @DavidRamos-no4lh
      @DavidRamos-no4lh Před 3 lety +5

      They don’t mention it but it’s been reported that the mafia forces the Nigerian gangs to be within in the migrant communities while the mafia controls everything else

    • @george4281
      @george4281 Před 2 lety

      @@DavidRamos-no4lh I think they did mention it but they didn't highlight it. They said that the Black Axe works under them in Sicily which is where the migrants are coming in. However, it's only a matter of time before they start fighting as each group becomes more equal in power and then this becomes worse for everybody.

    • @ssd3622
      @ssd3622 Před 2 lety +2

      The italian mafia are a joke and soft letting these blacks there they are supposed to be one of the toughest gangs in the world they are soft lmfao 😂🤣😆

    • @mayan4397
      @mayan4397 Před 2 lety

      Bro the Italians control everything.. they are in the hood cuz the Italians want them there or they would be killed on sight

  • @MsEsade
    @MsEsade Před 4 lety +115

    Stop letting them come there..... they only getting exploited, killed ETC. what’s the point of leaving Nigeria for this ?????

    • @shrekwithawillsmithface465
      @shrekwithawillsmithface465 Před 3 lety +1

      Ur pfp doesn’t look European either

    • @Kampos94
      @Kampos94 Před 3 lety +45

      @@shrekwithawillsmithface465 Note that she did not say "Stop letting them come HERE" but said "There". She never said she's European. Also never said she lived in europe either.

    • @mr.griffx6404
      @mr.griffx6404 Před 3 lety +15

      What u see happening to them in Italy is nothing compared to what they deal with in Nigeria

    • @pavlekovacevic5787
      @pavlekovacevic5787 Před 3 lety +2

      @@mr.griffx6404 and how is that for example serbian problem.Serbia has nothing to do with Nigeria and yet they still come to us

    • @mortemmetallum1000
      @mortemmetallum1000 Před 3 lety

      Boko Haram and religious persecution

  • @aisongpool
    @aisongpool Před 6 lety +93

    Back in Nigeria Black axe member's are recruited from universities. They grow with this lifestyle and are a menace to society.

    • @aisongpool
      @aisongpool Před 3 lety

      @@khalidw6170 Hello "Khalid"

    • @arale1447
      @arale1447 Před 3 lety

      @@khalidw6170 alright "khalid"

    • @ssd3622
      @ssd3622 Před 2 lety

      They wouldn't last 5 minutes in Russia that's a fact

    • @aisongpool
      @aisongpool Před 2 lety

      @@ssd3622 Okay.

    • @ssd3622
      @ssd3622 Před 2 lety

      @@aisongpool it's impossible it would never happen in russia

  • @svartorivigt5016
    @svartorivigt5016 Před 6 lety +372

    They're economic migrants, VICE!

    • @AG31594
      @AG31594 Před 6 lety +19

      they said that

    • @panier66
      @panier66 Před 6 lety +14

      2:02 Here you go

    • @svartorivigt5016
      @svartorivigt5016 Před 6 lety +13

      And here you guys go.
      The Mafia And A Nigerian Gang Are Targeting Refugees In Sicily (HBO)
      I watched video, but I can also read, and title clearly says ''Refugees''.

    • @epiclegodude123
      @epiclegodude123 Před 6 lety +2

      they say it in the video, are you deaf?

    • @user-180-mand90
      @user-180-mand90 Před 6 lety +9

      Joji-chan and are you dense? The click bait title is what matters, and is supporting the typical false left wing sympathetic narrative from people who don't have deal with the issues in their life

  • @sacredsocrates9055
    @sacredsocrates9055 Před 6 lety +18

    Nothing left to be proud of as a Nigerian anymore

  • @dazzawazza3578
    @dazzawazza3578 Před 3 lety +14

    The Sicilian mafia isn’t sharing territory with anybody. Maybe taking advantage of / capitalising on an opportunity

  • @Tokioka
    @Tokioka Před 6 lety +16

    Now a full length documentary on this would be great Vice

  • @gahddammn1631
    @gahddammn1631 Před 6 lety +175

    I'm from Rome.. there's also a lot of Nigerians

    • @FrankieAldaba
      @FrankieAldaba Před 4 lety +20

      Gahd Dammn save Roma

    • @outcast4851
      @outcast4851 Před 4 lety +5

      @Oti Tororo ugari 😂

    • @outcast4851
      @outcast4851 Před 4 lety +5

      @Oti Tororo ugari why

    • @Wsadef
      @Wsadef Před 4 lety +59

      Very true. I have visited Italy on September 2019. I was shocked by number of africans on the street.
      Send them back home!

    • @notsoturtle5315
      @notsoturtle5315 Před 4 lety +38

      @@Wsadef my country somalia was colonized by Italy and my grandparents fought for italy I lived in Turin for 5 years

  • @unlockwithjsr
    @unlockwithjsr Před 3 lety +15

    The fact that even South Africans, a supposed African brother/sister, fight with Nigerian immigrants just amplifies this. And then Nigerians cry about Xenophobia, lol

    • @aquagal8645
      @aquagal8645 Před 2 lety

      Nigerians do illegal stuff for sure, BUT South Africans are xenophobic to other africans as well...

  • @TheRuthlessEAZY
    @TheRuthlessEAZY Před 5 lety +146

    Title: " Targeting Refugees"
    Actual video: "ECONOMIC MIGRANTS"
    thank you.

  • @backslash4oneO
    @backslash4oneO Před 6 lety +5

    Some fine journalism, thanks vice

  • @SavageInstitute
    @SavageInstitute Před 6 lety +430

    So all poor people should migrate to rich countries until we are all poor? Smart.

    • @fao5917
      @fao5917 Před 6 lety +31

      Well worked for the US. So why not give it a try...

    • @CARBONHAWK1
      @CARBONHAWK1 Před 6 lety +1

      Sasykin S 😢😢 poor baby awww lol

    • @tokotookyo1342
      @tokotookyo1342 Před 6 lety +7

      SavageInstitute i wouldnt really say Nigeria is a poor country bcos Nigeria is an oil rich country. the problem with Nigeria when u see people like these migrants that that are running away from Nigeria is mostly due to poor distribution of wealth in their country. actually most of these migrants though were born poor could actually become really rich in Nigeria if they hustled hard enough In their own country, but unfortunately most of them are people who wait 4 govt handouts to pull them out of poverty

    • @SavageInstitute
      @SavageInstitute Před 6 lety +1

      tokoto okyo There are not many poorer countries in the world. Even with all the rich averaged in Nigerians make about $2,600 per year. Even with low cost of living millions struggle with the basics.

    • @6thi874
      @6thi874 Před 6 lety +6

      SavageInstitute Pretty much how it goes. The world powers push equality, but they mean to pull down advanced communities to the level of a 3rd world failed state. It’s ok. The tide will turn. There are more of us, than there are of them. It’s not the first time we have been here, it’s just sad.

  • @desrenenaturals8954
    @desrenenaturals8954 Před 6 lety +10

    This has not put me off visiting Sicily, but please let me know where to avoid. I've visited south Italy in Naples where a lot of the mafia are located and I felt safe but two gangs is double trouble.

  • @panache8722
    @panache8722 Před 6 lety +3

    The comments are always so informative

  • @abuyesufu-eke6128
    @abuyesufu-eke6128 Před 6 lety +15

    These Nigerian trained Italian mafia will head for home one day. We haven’t seen nothing yet compared to our militant groups or Boko haram. Nigerian leaders wake up and begin to fix the country now.

    • @xdqueen9089
      @xdqueen9089 Před 4 lety +1

      Chinese are steam rolling in Africa, they are the people who invented the gun powder.

  • @annamariamercurio2426
    @annamariamercurio2426 Před 4 lety +21

    Poor my italy 😭

  • @tonychr6740
    @tonychr6740 Před 3 lety +5

    6:42 that soldier prepared 2 yrs in advance😅😅

  • @johnbradley4828
    @johnbradley4828 Před 3 lety +9

    Some people will do anything for money. Taking advantage of people looking for a better life is truly discusting.

    • @badmanno.1650
      @badmanno.1650 Před rokem

      This applies to media houses like vice.. they're putting victims at danger by investigating them.. that guy emeka got killed

  • @user-vo8io9zk4g
    @user-vo8io9zk4g Před 3 lety +3

    Is this the place where Nigerians leave their countries to go seek a better life? Nigeria is tough, but it's better to face the tough life in Nigeria than end up life this. They aren't even living better off than they were in Nigeria. What a miserable life!

  • @adilchoudhury4249
    @adilchoudhury4249 Před 6 lety +4

    I wonder if Nigerian mafia willing to go to Iraq, Syria, Afghanistan and Pakistani border with Afghanistan and trying to call shots on drug trades. That will be something I will pay to watch.

  • @ligitinmate
    @ligitinmate Před 6 lety +7

    I have nothing but respect for the hero who is testifying against the gang!

  • @stevie5191
    @stevie5191 Před 4 lety +7

    Am a Nigerian and I ask why won’t shouldn’t there be xenophobia?😟😟 Nigerians are killing Nigeria

  • @riccardostucchi1423
    @riccardostucchi1423 Před 3 lety +31

    Those nigerian came to italy claiming they were refugees

    • @i.03983
      @i.03983 Před 3 lety +1

      nigerian refugee my ass its mostly peaceful in most parts of nigeria

    • @HawaiiDEEPS
      @HawaiiDEEPS Před 3 lety +2

      @@i.03983 Nigeria is fighting an insurgency in the north, has bandits that regularly kidnap school children for ransom(that the government pays), and has tribes calling for secession from Nigeria.

    • @canelo1728
      @canelo1728 Před 3 měsíci

      @@HawaiiDEEPS They can go to Ghana instead of invading nations and destroying people's culture.

    • @HawaiiDEEPS
      @HawaiiDEEPS Před 3 měsíci

      @@canelo1728 Sure but the point is they are in fact refugees, and I don't know if you're just an idiot, racist, or both, but "going to Ghana isn't of invading nations and destroying cultures" makes 0 sense considering Ghana is also a sovereign nation very different from Nigeria that would deal with the same problems as Italy. Nobody cares quite frankly if the countries that tried to colonize the world have to deal with refugees from those places anyways. Most places dealing with mass migration are guilty of that within the last century. Consequences.

  • @TheDorianTube
    @TheDorianTube Před 6 lety +17

    6:10 Yeah broh, the bandana thing really only works if you wear a hoodie or a hat too. Everyone can see you lmao. Especially if someone already knows you, he will recognize you lol

  • @wandibanda1590
    @wandibanda1590 Před 4 lety +3

    Nigerians who behave in this negative way, give other good intentioned Africans a bad name

  • @LibertarianGal
    @LibertarianGal Před 5 lety

    How do I get in touch with one of the people interviewed for this story? VICE news?

  • @landinggambiaboyo416
    @landinggambiaboyo416 Před 6 lety +305

    My brother please don't join them

  • @rolandorich4014
    @rolandorich4014 Před 4 lety +6

    Honestly the lady sitting on the couch interview the guy near the end is so fine.
    No disrespect.

  • @soothinglycool9806
    @soothinglycool9806 Před 6 lety +1

    2 mafia bosses speaking in jail. 'they're smart, you have to be careful', paints the picture.

  • @ispsur
    @ispsur Před 5 lety +2

    Zero empathy.

  • @deprogramm
    @deprogramm Před 6 lety +21

    Mafia actually helping the world, wow

    • @pazzoide2401
      @pazzoide2401 Před 5 lety

      Mafia control the world like this episode

  • @silverbackanimal7215
    @silverbackanimal7215 Před 4 lety +5

    Half Nigerian people live in poverty and 30% well off and 20% rich ...

  • @brendo2005
    @brendo2005 Před 6 lety +3

    this was really interesting... will be curious to see how this plays out

  • @vuyoalltheway9679
    @vuyoalltheway9679 Před 3 lety +16

    I've never met Benjamin... but without his mask I could easily recognize him
    Vice.. please stop being so obtuse

    • @nicksawyer5852
      @nicksawyer5852 Před 2 lety

      Seriously vice are terrible for this aren’t they. I even read that a guy in Pakistan was actually found amd killed after an interview with vice it was about an honour killing. It’s like they don’t seem to care amd just want to get their story. I’ll second that Vice get a grip amd stop being so irresponsible please.

    • @worldwide8587
      @worldwide8587 Před 2 lety

      Benjamin is an actor. He is not even Nigerian

  • @TheJainmehul
    @TheJainmehul Před 6 lety +33

    So they formed a mafia already. Hmm... 😕

    • @akikiaovie
      @akikiaovie Před 4 lety +1

      Frank Castle 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 this world is a fucking movie

  • @sonofnok2153
    @sonofnok2153 Před 3 lety +6

    Poor Emeka, you know you can't be doing that kind of interview without disguising yourself.

  • @MRGsSIDEKICK
    @MRGsSIDEKICK Před 3 lety +18

    I always wanted to visit Italy, until recent years....

    • @tredue6642
      @tredue6642 Před 3 lety

      Well if you don't mind spending money you can stay far from certain realties

    • @cruzgomes5660
      @cruzgomes5660 Před 3 lety +1

      Stay strapped...

    • @Ratselmeister
      @Ratselmeister Před rokem

      I Heard there are dead Black People on the beaches

  • @josephlee961
    @josephlee961 Před 3 lety +2

    Brother Don Emeka, you are a nobleman, and I admire you for your determination to stay on the right path. It's not to be in a foreign land with no friends or family, job or money. And the language and the culture are unfamiliar to you. As if the odds stacked against you are not enough the gangs looking to murder you all because you refused to live a life of sin. Been here and done that. It's not worth it. In the end, you'll only live to regret it that's if you are not dead or spend the rest of your life in the big house. Brother Don, I wish I can somehow get in touch with you... offer you my help. Stay strong and take care, friend.

  • @MrBsailor
    @MrBsailor Před 3 lety +10

    Everyone interviewed for this doc just talk about trying live a normal life, not an extravagant life just a normal one that's sad.

  • @katrinapayne9018
    @katrinapayne9018 Před 6 lety +9

    he trying to warn his white homie. they a little smarter than you might think.

  • @xrizbira
    @xrizbira Před 3 lety +2

    These same people will call Italians racist soon

  • @weimar2.0isineffect26
    @weimar2.0isineffect26 Před 5 lety +72

    I feel for that man they cut and beat. Thank you for speaking out brother your a good man!

    • @CoyoteGonzalez7
      @CoyoteGonzalez7 Před 5 lety

      Precisely

    • @OmarKhaled-em2mf
      @OmarKhaled-em2mf Před 3 lety +5

      They killed him last year.

    • @khalidw6170
      @khalidw6170 Před 3 lety +5

      now he's dead........He single handedly Brought down 24 criminals........No Whiteness Protection.

    • @fridayblessing9378
      @fridayblessing9378 Před 2 lety

      @@khalidw6170 how do they kill him. In his house or road how?

  • @djacks247
    @djacks247 Před 6 lety +7

    Damn the whistleblowers were heartbreaking for me. All they want to do is live a decent life.

  • @joelvazquez7998
    @joelvazquez7998 Před 3 lety +8

    Looks like he still feels like he’s being followed by them on 1:54 when he bears the click he instinctively looked back. Hope he’s is doing good.

    • @parthgutka3454
      @parthgutka3454 Před 3 lety

      I read the comments and got to to know that he is already dead.

    • @joelvazquez7998
      @joelvazquez7998 Před 3 lety

      @@parthgutka3454 what man that sucks

    • @titas9419
      @titas9419 Před 3 lety

      @@joelvazquez7998 yep, he died in 2019 and goverment said it was health issues ,but we know he was healthy, so probably from gang members, rest in peace Emeka

    • @george4281
      @george4281 Před 2 lety +1

      @@titas9419 someone said that the incident may not have been related because he was attacked at his job but that's unconfirmed and unlikely imo. I think Italy said it was health issues to possibly avoid culpability for not giving him the protection he needed.

  • @wildemperor1521
    @wildemperor1521 Před 3 lety +2

    He hates illegal work but went to Italy illegally 🤣

    • @JoyFay
      @JoyFay Před 3 lety +1

      He was probably hoping to get asylum

  • @whywelovefilm7079
    @whywelovefilm7079 Před 3 lety +5

    “Benjamin, which is not his real name.”
    No, but that is his real face. It’s not hard to picture what the rest of his face looks like…

  • @v.k.8153
    @v.k.8153 Před 6 lety +7

    0:19 That cop on the right looks JUST like John Oliver!

  • @simongb7897
    @simongb7897 Před 2 lety +5

    This has to stop,you can't just let people in you cant let them be exploited.

  • @dukes1993724
    @dukes1993724 Před 5 lety +1

    I am glad that guy who got attacked with the bottle didn’t resort to joining those gangs. Shows he had good parenting from a young age

  • @nishhnishh1088
    @nishhnishh1088 Před 4 lety +2

    Nigerians should not lower themself to this. They are the powerhouse of Africa! Nigeria needs them

  • @mohammedhadi9864
    @mohammedhadi9864 Před 4 lety +5

    1:53 the guy is still scared The black axe

  • @danielscp2892
    @danielscp2892 Před 6 lety +16

    Sicily for Sicilians ! proud to be sicilian

  • @judgementravijudgementravi9930

    My very likeable channel Of HBO👍🏿

  • @dholaholics
    @dholaholics Před 6 lety +1

    1:38 bottom right corner... How blick is that guy 😂😂

  • @reggieburkes4471
    @reggieburkes4471 Před 4 lety +12

    I see why Italy pulled out the welcome matt.

  • @carlospowell7672
    @carlospowell7672 Před 4 lety +29

    Prayers to these people. I hope their situation improves.

    • @SultanS5
      @SultanS5 Před 2 lety +3

      If you feel so sorry about them how about you let them into your home and improve their situation

  • @muttonrolls9269
    @muttonrolls9269 Před 5 lety +2

    No matter whether you agree or disagree it's important people recognise that these are economic migrants not refugees

  • @Robonoodles
    @Robonoodles Před 4 lety +9

    ..."Me, I don't live that kind of life"..

    • @khalidw6170
      @khalidw6170 Před 3 lety

      And now he's dead........He single handedly Brought down 24 criminals........No Whiteness Protection Whatsoever.

    • @davidjoelsson4929
      @davidjoelsson4929 Před 3 lety

      @@khalidw6170 He dead? wow :)

  • @flowsoulo
    @flowsoulo Před 6 lety +12

    look at all these respectful comments

  • @hamndv
    @hamndv Před 6 lety +128

    I'll wait for the Hollywood movie on this tragedy

    • @cowsmilkification
      @cowsmilkification Před 6 lety +7

      hamndv Harvey Weinstein will produce. He can sit in on the interracial love scenes ❤️

    • @MultiSciGeek
      @MultiSciGeek Před 6 lety

      same here

    • @Paaka
      @Paaka Před 6 lety

      Yeah 10 years after it finish happening

    • @themookshit
      @themookshit Před 3 lety +1

      lol that will never happen

  • @PAWNB3YOND
    @PAWNB3YOND Před 3 lety +4

    South Africans are going to love this video...lol they never miss out on a chance to hate on Nigerians

  • @MrCarttbone
    @MrCarttbone Před 6 lety +28

    Pray for Italy. Why do leaders give away their own people's well being for the sake foreigners well being. Will never make sense to me

    • @ochosiariwo2050
      @ochosiariwo2050 Před 5 lety

      Sicily

    • @felixajayi9248
      @felixajayi9248 Před 5 lety +1

      .....Sweden

    • @intermaths1128
      @intermaths1128 Před 4 lety

      @@andrearossi9567
      Ma chi se ne fotte di quella isola di merda della Sicilia???? Anzi separatevi dell'Italia che avete fatto solo danni mafiosi di 💩

  • @LoydAvenheart
    @LoydAvenheart Před 6 lety +3

    I love how specif it is with "The Mafia" but than just "A Nigerian Gang"
    which one?!?!?

    • @AgenteET786
      @AgenteET786 Před 2 lety +1

      With the term “the Mafia” they are referring to Cosa Nostra (sicilian mafia), when they talk about “a Nigerian gang” they are talking about Black Axes.

  • @yefan9766
    @yefan9766 Před 6 lety +39

    "It is illegal to work that kind of work so I hate it."
    After you came into other people's country illegally?

    • @MultiSciGeek
      @MultiSciGeek Před 6 lety +5

      How do you know he came there illegally?

    • @TehSainty
      @TehSainty Před 6 lety

      2:45

    • @uobbou1789
      @uobbou1789 Před 6 lety +4

      "Other peoples country" they dont own the land just because their ancestors had Superior weapons and killed for imaginary lines on a globe

    • @uobbou1789
      @uobbou1789 Před 6 lety

      Rosie O'Donald nope u reaching

  • @RuffRyder2011
    @RuffRyder2011 Před 6 lety +3

    That’s one serious mars bar he’s got there

  • @nishantdas3472
    @nishantdas3472 Před 4 lety +1

    Aye probably they accepted Corleone's un-refusable offer 😂

  • @alexanderlindh3557
    @alexanderlindh3557 Před 3 lety +2

    "benjamin" is a high as a kite

  • @Blunttalker
    @Blunttalker Před 3 lety +4

    I am Nigerian and I am ashamed.

  • @Ozama1221
    @Ozama1221 Před 3 lety

    People from the 1920s, if they can look into the the 100 years, they'll say "what a weird future" 😂😂

  • @benjaminfranklin374
    @benjaminfranklin374 Před rokem +1

    Fun fact black axe started out as a cult in a university in Nigeria and since then has become worse than an absurd college ambition

  • @2thomask
    @2thomask Před 6 lety +105

    The hard truth is that there is not enough jobs and resources for everyone and when a new group of poor unskilled laborers come into the country it dilutes resources even more italy and Europe as a whole owe these people nothing and should look after their own legal residents. Its good to help others but when it becomes detrimental to a countries wellbeing a country has the right and the duty to refuse people

    • @rigch83
      @rigch83 Před 6 lety +6

      2thomask italy and europe owes them everything. you forget who taught you to read write and taught you about math and science and forgot about the dark ages and who brought you out of it. Who is Europe even named after? Europa!
      In Greek mythology, Europa was the mother of King Minos of Crete, a woman with Phoenician origin of high lineage, and after whom the continent Europe was named.
      www.theancientworld.net/civ/phoenicians.html

    • @saascarlson5597
      @saascarlson5597 Před 6 lety +1

      2thomask maybe europeans should pay proper rates for that oil. You wont mind an extra $1 a gallon will you? Yes you would mind hence the oppression must continue. If a sound governmemt was in nigera it means the country would be importing enough cash to satisfy all the chiefs and their provinces. That would mean the euros would have to pay more for the resources. If Africa was to develop that would cause less money to come back to europe and less resources more expensive shit which would make your lil 10 bucks an hour impossible. So it will mean great adjustments to the system. Thats unacceptable.
      What we need is a integrated system that includes the whole globe. So instead of being resource minded open more businesses in africa. Once the globe is working together then we will have less crime.

    • @2thomask
      @2thomask Před 6 lety

      Saas Carlson there is one economic driving factor in this world greed more resources more power and the more power people have the less they want to give away
      countries only have allies because of mutual benefit and we don't takeover each other because either the cost would out weigh the benefit or fear of the countries allies
      new countries gaining wealth and power is an economic threat. New powerful countries join other alliances that are not friendly making them a potential enemy. Now they are both an economic and militaristic threat.
      what you propose would require a world government which would never work, unless there was one country strong enough to force all others to submit or an external force that threatened the anahilation of the world
      if a world government did come to be it would at most only last a few decades much like the eu already showing signs of fracture
      Your vision of everyone working together is a nice idea but nieve at best

    • @terryschake8152
      @terryschake8152 Před 6 lety +6

      rigch83 wrong!! They need to help themselves in their own country! They can use all the wonderful things we are suppose to be thankful for. They owe them Nothing!

  • @jacksonparker3671
    @jacksonparker3671 Před 3 lety +4

    Nice job, Vice! You'll cover the Mafia's voices and faces, but do nothing for the dude with only a scarf as his face cover. The dude died after this interview.

  • @wesleyhanson7368
    @wesleyhanson7368 Před 6 lety +1

    Palermo... Balaro market.. i have been there before to visit my Aunties... it's a very beautiful place and i never heard of those stuff till today.

    • @AgenteET786
      @AgenteET786 Před 2 lety

      Because they are just street gangs, Cosa Nostra still the head.

  • @barbietheemuslimah
    @barbietheemuslimah Před 3 lety

    Vice got connects the can get you anything your heart desire Vice be knowing errbody 😂🤣😂🤣😂

  • @ElMencho.
    @ElMencho. Před 3 lety +3

    1:52 sad man is so traumatized

  • @ghxulish
    @ghxulish Před 3 lety +3

    Respect for the dude that escaped

  • @francesco7723
    @francesco7723 Před 5 lety +2

    Lol 😂 you don't sell ice cream in the north pole...

  • @nonebelievingbeliever3753

    4:18 I can tell these two would have been best friends forever...they are on the same wavelength