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Contract killing (also known as murder-for-hire) is a form of murder or assassination in which one party hires another party to kill a targeted person or people. [1] It involves an agreement which includes some form of compensation, monetary or otherwise. It is an illegal agreement.
The following is a list of contract killers (also referred to hitman), both current and former. Contract killing is defined as the unlawful assassination murder of a targeted party.
Apr 21, 2016 · A fictional story of a professional hitman who reflects on his last and most chilling job. He recounts how he killed a wealthy couple and their young daughter for $2.5 million, and how it changed his perspective on life and death.
- Richard Kuklinski. Richard Kuklinski (aka “The Iceman”) has been called the most prolific hit man in Mafia history. The number of his hits is estimated to be as high as 300 or even more.
- Jorge Ayala. Jorge Ayala was said to be a hit man working for the notorious Colombian drug lord Griselda Blanco during the cocaine epidemic of the 1980s in Miami.
- James Bazley. James Bazley was nicknamed “Machine Gun”—not because of his profession but apparently due to his rapid-fire speech patterns. Bazley, a hit man for the Australian mafia, was believed to have murdered the liberal politician and anti-drugs campaigner Donald Mackay in 1977.
- Harry Maione. Harry “Happy” Maione was a hit man for Murder, Inc., the murder arm of the Mafia that Bugsy Siegel had set up with Meyer Lansky. Nicknamed “Happy” because of his permanent scowl, Maione was born in 1908 and raised in Brooklyn during the 1920s.
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Nov 22, 2021 · A report by GI-TOC reveals that at least 2,700 contract killings took place in 2019 and 2020 in more than 80 countries, mostly targeting local activists and community leaders. The report examines the motives, victims, and impacts of contract killings, and how they are linked to organized crime activities such as drug trafficking and illegal logging.
Jul 24, 2016 · A list of films featuring hitmen, hitwomen, and assassins who kill for money or revenge. From dark comedies to action thrillers, these movies explore the morality, psychology, and consequences of contract killing.
Last September, the police solved the murder of a milk vendor in east Delhi’s Kondli by arresting the man’s wife and two contract killers, Pramod Kumar (24) and Vivek Kumar (21).
