Hind Hassan travels to Somaliland to investigate the shadowy supply chain for frankincense, one of the world's oldest traded commodities used in the growing market for essential oils; Keegan Hamilton investigates the rise of "ghostballoons", homemade firearms built from parts without serial numbers that are proliferating in the United States despite efforts to crack down.

Vice Season 9 Episodes...

• s09e01 - Putin's Playbook & United States of Vigilantes
• s09e02 - Russian Mercenaries & Treat, Release, Repeat
• s09e03 - Freeing Brittney Griner & Hungary For America
• s09e04 - The Price of Oil & Chasing Ghosts
• s09e05 - Hack Back & This Is Not Your Land
• s09e06 - Post-Roe America & Ready Player Earn
• s09e07 - Guyana for Sale & Moors Rising
• s09e08 - The Russian Bubble & After the Siege
• s09e09 - Addiction in Afghanistan & Blurred Blue Line
• s09e10 - Smugglers of the Caribbean & Felony Murder
• s09e11 - Killing for Success & Marcos Returns
• s09e12 - Sri Lanka Revolts & God Save Brazil
• s09e13 - The Replaced & The Missing
• s09e14 - False Positive & Taiwan Under Threat
• s09e15 - Uncensored & Battle for Africa
• s09e16 - Isis Jailbreak & Right Wing Stars

Vice Show Summary

HBO is partnering with "VICE" on an innovative news magazine show to be hosted by "VICE" founder Shane Smith, it was announced today by Michael Lombardo, president, HBO Programming.

The HBO series will showcase a mix of stories from around the globe. Among the segments in production for possible inclusion in the show are: Taliban child sleeping bombers; North Korean slave labor camps; New York's underground voodoo heroin clinics; Somalian pirates; and Satanic dentists in the Pacific Northwest.