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Ian Urbina

The Secretive Prisons That Keep Migrants Out of Europe

Tired of migrants arriving from Africa, the E.U. has created a shadow immigration system that captures them before they reach its shores, and sends them to brutal Libyan detention centers run by militias.

Ian Urbina New Yorker Nov 2021 35min Permalink

Science World

Fish Farming Is Feeding the Globe. What’s the Cost for Locals?

In the small coastal country, an exploding industry has led to big economic promises, and a steep environmental price.

Ian Urbina New Yorker Mar 2021 Permalink

Crime

A Last Resort for Stolen Ships

The ‘repo men’ of the high seas.

Ian Urbina New York Times Dec 2015 Permalink

Business Crime

Stowaways and Crimes Aboard a Scofflaw Ship

Working on the high seas is always dangerous, but the Dona Liberta has a particularly bad reputation.

Ian Urbina New York Times Jul 2015 Permalink

The Secret Life of Passwords

What our private codes say about us.

Ian Urbina New York Times Magazine Nov 2014 20min Permalink

World

Get Kony

Sam Childers, a Pennsylvania-based evangelical preacher, biker, and former drug addict, has devoted his life to catching crazed African warlord Joseph Kony.

Ian Urbina Vanity Fair Apr 2010 25min Permalink