This article contains a List of contract killers, both living and deceased, sorted by the country in which they engaged in said crimes. The practice of contract killing involves a person (the contract killer) who is paid to kill one or more individuals. As implied by the name, the contract killer typically does such solely for the purpose of profit and often lacks any personal connection to their intended target. A hitman, on the other hand, is a term that is often synonymous with contract killer although it can also be used to denote a criminal who frequently carries out a targeted killing (referred to as a "hit") on behalf of an organized crime syndicate to which they are affiliated with. Furthermore, the title of enforcer can also be interchangeable with the latter of the two as it is generally associated with gangsters even though not all gang enforcers necessarily resort to homicide on a regular basis or even at all. Persons who have only carried out an assassination-style murder at the behest of their own motivation, without having either a criminal background, or links to the criminal underworld or other such groups, do not qualify as hitmen. They are not to be included in this List, nor are assassins who perform killings under the discretion of an official government unless they are purposely done in extrajudicial manner.

Australia

Rodney Charles Collins Christopher Dale Flannery Keith Faure Evangelos Goussis Lindsey Robert Rose Andrew Benji Veniamin

Brazil

Maia "Mainha" Cunha Julio Santana

Canada

Richard Blass Howard Doyle Berry Bal Buttar Salvatore Calautti David Carroll Paul "Fon Fon" Fontaine Gerald Gallant Dean Daniel Kelsie Cecil Kirby Donald Lavoie Jackie McLaughlin Kenneth Murdock Dwight Mushey Serge Quesnel Armand Sanguigni Aimé Simard Réal Simard Yves Trudeau Dean Michael Wiwchar

Chile

José Ruz Rodríguez

China

Xi Guangan Ling Xiansi

Colombia

Andrés Leonardo Achipiz Jorge Ayala Héctor Orlando Bastidas Diego Murillo Bejarano Dandeny Muñoz Mosquera Jhon Jairo Velásquez

Croatia

Sretko Kalinić Robert Matanić

Czechia

Jiří Kájínek

Denmark

Jim-Bo Poulsen

Estonia

Imre Arakas

Finland

Janne Raninen

India

Noor "Noora" Baksh Jaggu Pehelwan Shri Prakash Shukla

Germany

Werner Pinzner ″St.-Pauli-Killer″

Ireland

Liam Brannigan Robbie Lawlor James Quinn

Israel

Otto Skorzeny

Italy

Maurizio Avola Leoluca Bagarella Pasquale Barra Giovanni Brusca Matteo Messina Denaro Amerigo Dumini Giuseppe Greco Giuseppe Lucchese Mario Prestifilippo Salvatore Riina Giulia Tofana

Japan

Toshio Maruyama Tetsuya Shiroo

Jamaica

Christopher Anthony Lee

Mexico

Melissa Calderon David Barron Corona Gregorio Sauceda-Gamboa José Rodrigo Aréchiga Gamboa José Manuel Martínez Ramon Torres Mendez Joselyn Alejandra Niño Héctor Luis Palma Salazar Marciano Millan Vasquez

Netherlands

Edwin Martínez Ridouan Taghi Shardyone Semerel

New Zealand

Diego Carbone Jeremy Powell

Philippines

Edgar Matobato

Poland

Ryszard Bogucki Ryszard Niemczyk Jerzy Vaulin Artur Zirajewski

Russia

Igor the Assassin Arsen Bayrambekov Maxim Lazovsky Alexander Pustovalov Oleg Smorodinov Alexander Solonik Andrey Vershinin Alexei Sherstobitov

Serbia

Sretko Kalinić

Singapore

Anthony Ler Muhammad Nasir Abdul Aziz

Slovakia

Jozef Roháč

Spain

Idoia López Riaño

Sweden

Nenad Mišović

Turkey

Abdullah Çatlı Mahmut Yıldırım

United Kingdom

= England

= John Childs Mark Fellows Paul Glen Jimmy Moody

= Scotland

= Billy 'Buff' Paterson

United States

Joe Adonis Felix Alderisio Israel Alderman John Alite William Aloisio Willie "Two-Knife" Altieri Albert Anastasia Joseph Barboza Harry Aleman Gakirah Barnes King von Lil Durk Robert Biehler Bobby Boriello Fiore Buccieri Lepke Buchalter Fred Burke Anthony Capo Frank M. Canton Charles Carneglia Charles Carrollo Robert Carey Jackie Cerone Pasquale Conte Nate "Boone" Craft Roy DeMeo Sam DeStefano Richard DiNome Glennon Engleman Ray Ferritto Stephen Flemmi Vincent Flemmi Jimmy Fratianno Carmine Galante Vito Genovese Jason Getsy Sam Giancana Fred Goetz Martin Goldstein Sammy Gravano Frank Gusenberg Charles Harrelson Tom Horn Cornelius Hughes Stevie Hughes John Kelley Richard Kuklinski Mad Dog Coll Maurice Lerner Samuel "Red" Levine José Manuel Martínez Johnny Martorano Robert Mormando Donald Nash Charles Nicoletti Andy Macintosh Wayne "Silk" Perry Ross Prio David "Chippy" Robinson Frank Salemme James "Fur" Sammons Anthony Senter John Scalise Gregory Scarpa Frank Schweihs Frank Sheeran Shotgun Man Bugsy Siegel Thomas Sinito Vincent Smothers Joseph "Mad Dog" Sullivan Albert Tannenbaum Joseph Testa Salvatore Testa Stephen Wayne Anderson (disputed) Umberto Valenti Abraham Weinberg Jack Whalen Gus Winkler

See also

List of assassinations in Europe

References