Contract killing

Note: Varies by jurisdiction Note: Varies by jurisdiction 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 illegal agreement which includes some form of compensation, monetary or otherwise.

Contract killing has been associated with organized crime, government conspiracies, dictatorships, and vendettas.

The study also found that payments varied from $5,000 to $30,000 per killing, with an average of $15,000, and that the most commonly used weapons were firearms.

Contract killings accounted for 2% of murders in Australia during that time period.