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- 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.
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VICE News went to Sicily, to hear from migrants who’ve been caught in the crosshairs.
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6:42, what sedan is that?
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’
VICE News i not believing to is the people pretend kind to words said but its the shockwaves in Italy actually
Isn’t ironic Italian couldn’t colonize Ethiopian; but now Nigerian ruling Sicily!!!
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
Did anyone else notice Emeka looked over his shoulder when he started talking about testifying against the gangsters?
neurocytohemotoxic I noticed that. He seemed anxious
@@elleJay-mb4yn yea he heard a noise. And turned hella quick
I just hope he is alright and they haven't killed him ,people pls learn to value life
Facts! He’s shooked AF!!! 🤦♂️👀
I'm from Palermo, they have killed him 1 month ago.
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
Silviu Andrei damn
What’s the source info ?
Don_of_Dons th-cam.com/video/jg12RgZMCh4/w-d-xo.html
That must be stop
rip emeka very sad
The fact that there are even Nigerian gangs in Italy is absurd
I must agree in that as a nigerian
How?
Mafia use street gangs to sell drugs, nothing of new
Italian gangs in Ameria
the mafia command the italy, the nigerian gang is a minor problem
Emeka the first dude with the big scar sadly has passed away in October. I'm from Palermo
really? what happened to emeka?
@@steveamoako4241 They killed him of course
@@steveamoako4241: poisoned in prison, died in hospital
@@frankvanga310 why was he in prison
😂😂😂
Vice you should properly cover the faces of the whistleblowers. That scarf isn't enough.
laser325 don’t you think vice would want to hide the faces of actors they employed if that was the case?
Always remember your roots.
Time is soon European Brothers!
th-cam.com/video/aKrCdMO8kak/w-d-xo.html
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.
IT IS THO
Don't be naive. "A whistle blower"? The guy said nothing. The scarf was jsut to add drama.
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
So true brother
Eghosa James Yes. They make it harder for Italians and Nigerians who want a better life. Sickening.
That means freeing those criminals and unleashing them on Nigeria. No criminals have to stay in prison.
@@arx3516 No, just transefering them from Italian prisons to Nigerian prisons.
Eghosa James Why didn’t the US do that to Italians then?
At this point I can’t complain, it’s corruption that’s ruining Nigeria.
Nigeria needs to get a grip then, people start losing their patience.
corruption is ruining everybody
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
Corruption is ruining whole of Africa
@@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.
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!
i tell you.
In many of their other reports they have blurred faces and altered voices...
Ya seriously
so many people tell this guy get murdered
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.
I am reading other comments and got to know that he is already dead.
He died in 2019 it seems.
@@scentsei8201 Oh that is very sad
@@parthgutka3454 omfg
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
VENTURE HOLLY are you accusing someone of taking advantage of an opportunity. You might have missed the “worked their asses off” part
@@calebakinfolarin8941 Some people either can't read or are dumb
Well said!
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.
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
"A nigerian gang that "slipped in" early on".
"A Nigerian gang that was deliberately sent to Sicily"
Imagine if ISIS also used this strategy with Syrian Refugees
@@rider4334 *ahem* Germany and France in the mid 2010s
@@cruzgomes5660 m
before the racist comments starts. these people are very hated in nigeria too.
No theure not. They embrace this culture over there. As the Don stated. Sh** hole countries.
@@followthegrow108 are you from Nigeria
@@followthegrow108 stfu kid
I’m about to read the comments pls pray for me
I'm sorry for you :(
Must Apply true
The comments all seam pretty reasonable to me. no racism just facts
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
hahaha 😂
Legalise drugs and prostitution and they're business is gone
Ross Holmes they’re
Ross Holmes Better yet,deport the criminals.
In italy? hahahaha
Their
That wouldn't solve the problem of the Nigerians still being there
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.
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.
@@PrettyGurl12361 these other Africans especially Ghanaians and south Africa's are fools
@@amasemota2971 wow Ghanaians? i dont think u have your facts straight
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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.
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.
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
the Nigerians are just the new "guys-on-the-street" for the Mafia. Some refugees dealing drugs ain't shit compared to the Mafia
Cause the mafia controls them
We are but it not as big as showen in the video
Crime wave in a country controlled by the mafia
Why is there 'refugees' in the title when the documentary only talks about economic migrants?
davlmt I was wondering the same thing
Leftist reflex
Coz they are targeting refugees and trying to recruit them.
To make the host countries feel bad for something they did not do and are not responsible for.
@@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.
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!!
The comments are always so informative
Economic migrants should be sent home, I just don't understand this
How considerate of you.
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.
Even the US corporations are economic migrants for moving jobs to foreign lands.
It's the war machine
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.
Now a full length documentary on this would be great Vice
If the Mafia doesn't keep the Nigerian numbers down they will be overrun sooner or later.
true
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
@@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.
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 😂🤣😆
Bro the Italians control everything.. they are in the hood cuz the Italians want them there or they would be killed on sight
Stop letting them come there..... they only getting exploited, killed ETC. what’s the point of leaving Nigeria for this ?????
Ur pfp doesn’t look European either
@@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.
What u see happening to them in Italy is nothing compared to what they deal with in Nigeria
@@mr.griffx6404 and how is that for example serbian problem.Serbia has nothing to do with Nigeria and yet they still come to us
Boko Haram and religious persecution
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.
mike sixx you're a dumb as with that generalized statement
Phil G Cambodia is run by a dictatorship and ur calling Nigerians thugs Cambodia is poor ass country stop acting elite
Omar Kamal he never called them thugs?
Scamming their way around SEAsia,the local law are onto them.
The Nigerians kids are some of the smartest ones at my College
Some fine journalism, thanks vice
6:42 that soldier prepared 2 yrs in advance😅😅
Nothing left to be proud of as a Nigerian anymore
Nigerians are every where Vice should come to Johannesburg
So all poor people should migrate to rich countries until we are all poor? Smart.
Well worked for the US. So why not give it a try...
Sasykin S 😢😢 poor baby awww lol
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
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.
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.
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.
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
Nigerians do illegal stuff for sure, BUT South Africans are xenophobic to other africans as well...
They're economic migrants, VICE!
they said that
2:02 Here you go
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''.
they say it in the video, are you deaf?
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
Back in Nigeria Black axe member's are recruited from universities. They grow with this lifestyle and are a menace to society.
@@khalidw6170 Hello "Khalid"
@@khalidw6170 alright "khalid"
They wouldn't last 5 minutes in Russia that's a fact
@@ssd3622 Okay.
@@aisongpool it's impossible it would never happen in russia
Title: " Targeting Refugees"
Actual video: "ECONOMIC MIGRANTS"
thank you.
Shut up thank u
Shut up.
@@samsaliba1532 xd
The europeans who migrated in USA and Canada were and are economical migrants.
@@martinaubut9208 Yes but they don't wear crime
Poor my italy 😭
The Sicilian mafia isn’t sharing territory with anybody. Maybe taking advantage of / capitalising on an opportunity
You are right
this was really interesting... will be curious to see how this plays out
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
My very likeable channel Of HBO👍🏿
I'm from Rome.. there's also a lot of Nigerians
Gahd Dammn save Roma
@Oti Tororo ugari 😂
@Oti Tororo ugari why
Very true. I have visited Italy on September 2019. I was shocked by number of africans on the street.
Send them back home!
@@Wsadef my country somalia was colonized by Italy and my grandparents fought for italy I lived in Turin for 5 years
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.
Chinese are steam rolling in Africa, they are the people who invented the gun powder.
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.
I have nothing but respect for the hero who is testifying against the gang!
he is dead
Those nigerian came to italy claiming they were refugees
nigerian refugee my ass its mostly peaceful in most parts of nigeria
@@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.
@@HawaiiDEEPS They can go to Ghana instead of invading nations and destroying people's culture.
@@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.
Honestly the lady sitting on the couch interview the guy near the end is so fine.
No disrespect.
2 mafia bosses speaking in jail. 'they're smart, you have to be careful', paints the picture.
Am a Nigerian and I ask why won’t shouldn’t there be xenophobia?😟😟 Nigerians are killing Nigeria
Some people will do anything for money. Taking advantage of people looking for a better life is truly discusting.
This applies to media houses like vice.. they're putting victims at danger by investigating them.. that guy emeka got killed
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.
Hahaha
There is boko haram in Nigeria why don't you pay them a visit you white boy talk behind your keyboard
He hates illegal work but went to Italy illegally 🤣
He was probably hoping to get asylum
he trying to warn his white homie. they a little smarter than you might think.
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!
I always wanted to visit Italy, until recent years....
Well if you don't mind spending money you can stay far from certain realties
Stay strapped...
I Heard there are dead Black People on the beaches
Damn the whistleblowers were heartbreaking for me. All they want to do is live a decent life.
Nigerians who behave in this negative way, give other good intentioned Africans a bad name
Everyone interviewed for this doc just talk about trying live a normal life, not an extravagant life just a normal one that's sad.
0:19 That cop on the right looks JUST like John Oliver!
How do I get in touch with one of the people interviewed for this story? VICE news?
I see why Italy pulled out the welcome matt.
I've never met Benjamin... but without his mask I could easily recognize him
Vice.. please stop being so obtuse
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.
Benjamin is an actor. He is not even Nigerian
Poor Emeka, you know you can't be doing that kind of interview without disguising yourself.
He died 🥺
Good on you mate
People from the 1920s, if they can look into the the 100 years, they'll say "what a weird future" 😂😂
Half Nigerian people live in poverty and 30% well off and 20% rich ...
I feel for that man they cut and beat. Thank you for speaking out brother your a good man!
Precisely
They killed him last year.
Walmar Google kenneka Jenkins, heartbreaking true story about a beautiful unfortunatel vulnerable girl who was targeted, raped repeatedly,gang stalked, robbed, and had her organs stolen,all for a poxy £200, some people are sickos, stay away from them,I heard her evp, she exposed all her rapists and killers, awful,I feel for her sister and family,may she rip
now he's dead........He single handedly Brought down 24 criminals........No Whiteness Protection.
@@khalidw6170 how do they kill him. In his house or road how?
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
1:38 bottom right corner... How blick is that guy 😂😂
So they formed a mafia already. Hmm... 😕
Frank Castle 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 this world is a fucking movie
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.
I read the comments and got to to know that he is already dead.
@@parthgutka3454 what man that sucks
@@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
@@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.
This why i love vice news
Zero empathy.
Prayers to these people. I hope their situation improves.
If you feel so sorry about them how about you let them into your home and improve their situation
Mafia actually helping the world, wow
Mafia control the world like this episode
These same people will call Italians racist soon
1:53 the guy is still scared The black axe
look at all these respectful comments
"It is illegal to work that kind of work so I hate it."
After you came into other people's country illegally?
How do you know he came there illegally?
2:45
"Other peoples country" they dont own the land just because their ancestors had Superior weapons and killed for imaginary lines on a globe
Rosie O'Donald nope u reaching
That’s one serious mars bar he’s got there
Good reporting for a bad situation
My brother please don't join them
+Marquee Mark shity boatpoeple
Landing Gambia Boyo ,
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This is not de way bruddas. We must find de way.
Congratulations to that man for resisting the black axe
I don't think I would have his courage
This has to stop,you can't just let people in you cant let them be exploited.
Aye probably they accepted Corleone's un-refusable offer 😂
"benjamin" is a high as a kite
I don't want to visit Italy anymore
And you would prefer violent third worlders? lol
Kokainuser lol idgaf
Your loss, it is a beautiful country.
SpottopsNL not for long if they keep this up
moustachebro4life
Yeah, or dont give in to the constant fear-mongering and come see with your own eyes.
I love how specif it is with "The Mafia" but than just "A Nigerian Gang"
which one?!?!?
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.
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.
Because they are just street gangs, Cosa Nostra still the head.
Lol 😂 you don't sell ice cream in the north pole...
This is the vice i used to know
I'll wait for the Hollywood movie on this tragedy
hamndv Harvey Weinstein will produce. He can sit in on the interracial love scenes ❤️
same here
Yeah 10 years after it finish happening
lol that will never happen
Good man
“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…
..."Me, I don't live that kind of life"..
And now he's dead........He single handedly Brought down 24 criminals........No Whiteness Protection Whatsoever.
@@khalidw6170 He dead? wow :)
thanks for the video. im not going to Italy now.
Notice how one of the mafia leaders name is Giovani, I feel like he was born to become a mafia leader
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
South Africans are going to love this video...lol they never miss out on a chance to hate on Nigerians
Respect for the dude that escaped
4:18 I can tell these two would have been best friends forever...they are on the same wavelength
Vice got connects the can get you anything your heart desire Vice be knowing errbody 😂🤣😂🤣😂