Silent Orders – ABC News

The execution of one of Australia’s most powerful organised criminals in Sydney last year raised difficult questions about the role of police in preventing such deaths.

Surveillance cameras captured the alleged murder weeks before it happened, but police were faced with a dilemma: Should they intervene? And if so, when?

In the dark world of hitmen, where gangsters are both predator and prey, what are the risks of letting these deadly games play out?

In Silent Orders journalist Mahmood Fazal speaks directly to hitmen and people involved in organised crime and investigates whether the police have failed in their duty to protect the public.

Silent Orders, narrated by Mahmood Fazal, will air on Monday 16 September at 8.30pm on ABC TV and ABC Overview.