Europe
46 cases
Compared to most other continents, Europe saw a much smaller number of contract killings in 2019 and 2020. Most of the victims were local community, mainly activists, and politics and governance, mainly politicians, but also included members criminal groups. Killings linked to organized crime were driven by turf wars between gangs and in many cases occurred outside the home territory of those gangs. In comparison to other continents, the use of firearms was much less popular.
Main statistics
Political
Local community
Male
Shot
cases by region
Number of cases over time
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distribution of cases by CATEGORY
target group
Local community is the category with the highest incidence of cases, accounting for 30% of them.
motive
Political is the category with the highest incidence of cases, accounting for 50% of them.
method
Shot is the category with the highest incidence of cases, accounting for 52% of them.
perpetrator
Not reported is the category with the highest incidence of cases, accounting for 52% of them.
gender
Male is the category with the highest incidence of cases, accounting for 78% of them.
