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“Taken by ISIS” by VICE News tells the story of one American father’s harrowing journey to find his children, Yousef and Zahra, who were kidnapped from their home in Miami, Florida and taken to live inside the Islamic State in Syria.

By speaking with members of the Uighur community about their experience in these camps, and by conducting an open-source investigation, VICE News uncovered a disturbing truth. As part of China's Xinjiang policy, Uighur children have been separated from their parents and raised in state-sanctioned orphanages, where they are indoctrinated with Chinese Communist Party ideals.

VICE News traveled to Uganda to film a short documentary on a for-profit orphanage system that takes advantage of often well-intentioned but ignorant foreign donors and volunteers at the expense of young children. Ugandan orphanages pull in around a quarter of a billion dollars a year in foreign donations. This windfall pushes managers at some homes to recruit children—who are often not even orphans—and force them to live in often poor and crowded conditions, where a lack of government regulation and an open-door policy for foreign volunteers fuels abuse. While reporting, the team captured an official taking bribes from illegally operating orphanages, and our reporting led the government to put him on probation. Our report delves into the nuances of a system that puts children's lives in danger, and informs viewers and policy makers that any fixes for Uganda’s for-profit orphanage industry must address corruption.

In 2018, 47,000 people died from opioids. That’s more than were killed by vehicle accidents or firearms. And illegal fentanyl, an opioid that is 50 times more powerful than heroin is the main driver of deaths. Fentanyl is so strong it’s used to tranquilize elephants. The overwhelming supply of illegal fentanyl is bought online, and shipped from China through the postal system to the US.For more than a year we investigated the crisis, following the trail from two deaths a week apart in Akron, Ohio all the way back to China where we found and confronted the alleged trafficker.

In a groundbreaking investigation, 60 Minutes interviewed Russian agent Maria Butina while she was incarcerated in federal prison. The exclusive and in-depth interview revealed a fascinating portrait of a young woman caught running a sophisticated influence campaign in the United States. Our reporting illuminated previously unknown details about Butina, the only Russian arrested in the wake of the 2016 election, and her many activities in the U.S. at the direction of a foreign official.

60 Minutes' report, “The Russian Hack,” took a closer look at Russia’s interference in the 2016 election. While much has been reported about the Kremlin’s interference in the presidential race, little is known about Russia’s efforts to interfere in congressional races. “The Russia Hack” was a deep dive into the who, what, where and why regarding the Kremlin’s information warfare operation, and more specifically, how it impacted congressional races in 2016.

The Jeffrey Epstein story – the stories of his victims, powerful friends, his efforts to interfere with state and federal investigations and the many layers of deceit that helped him evade justice for sex crimes for decades. “The Reckoning,” a dedicated hour-long investigative edition of Dateline, is the definitive television account of the Epstein story to date.

In the midst of a national discussion about the soaring cost of prescription drugs, 60 MINUTES revealed a startling reason for price spikes on some of the most commonly prescribed generic medications in America: price fixing on an industry-wide scale. We obtained and analyzed generic drug industry pricing data, which enabled us to illustrate how competitors were working in unison to raise prices on pharmaceuticals.

60 Minutes investigates the FDA's "labeling" decisions that gave drug companies a regulatory green light to push opioids on an unprecedented scale.

Shady recyclers — toxic wastelands — and secret tracking devices: this expose on the international recycling industry starts in Toronto, Canada and brings us to Malaysia. In Canada, studies show that only 9% of our plastic waste is actually recycled. Why are rates so low? To find out, our investigation took a deep dive into the big business of plastic recycling.