I’m watching a doc on Vice showing a guy who scams for a living. They even show firearms. How is this possible? Even shows like gangland, how are they able to film this & why are people so open to talk about it?
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1) it’s not illegal to see criminal activity and not report it. Nor is it to show criminal activity via media
2) they usually never pay the people they film. They pay a fixer to get them in touch with someone. They never pay the offender thus they haven’t monetarily aided in a crime.
3) they’re open to talk about it because gangs, drugs, prostitution, guns, it’s all a business and a documentary is free advertising. Plus these are kids 16 to 24 usually. They aren’t always the smartest and want their time on TV.
As far as I know police don’t act on it because the documentaries give them intel on how criminals operate. If they were to arrest and prosecute the criminals shown in the documentaries then criminals would stop agreeing to participate in them and the police wouldn’t be able to learn more about them that way.
Basically, let some of them get away in the short run to catch more in the long run. And it’s not like they get away scot free, I’m sure they get put on a list somewhere.
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