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[ambient traffic noise]
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[Mariana Van Zeller] When we
were going to do a story about
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assassins, I honestly didn't
think that we were going to be
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filming here in Los Angeles.
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[train horn]
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We're about to
meet our contact.
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Supposedly he's found somebody
who's willing to talk to us.
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You want to come in?
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[Mariana Van Zeller] So
he's around here somewhere?
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[Mariana Van Zeller] Is he
nervous to the point that
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things can get ugly?
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[Mariana Van Zeller]
It's unsafe for us?
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[Mariana Van Zeller] Okay,
I'm stopping here for a second
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because I think before we
meet him, we should talk.
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So he's for sure an assassin?
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-For a hit?
-Yeah.
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[Mariana Van Zeller]
Oh, [bleep].
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[Mariana Van Zeller]
As a journalist
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covering the underworld,
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I've seen almost everything
that can be trafficked,
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trafficked,
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but there's one trade that's
always been just out of reach,
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where the product
is death itself.
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[gunshot]
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This is as black as
the black market gets.
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[Mariana Van Zeller]
In 2019 and 2020 alone,
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hitmen murdered nearly 3,000
people around the world.
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And the killing game
shows no signs of letting up.
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This is him, right?
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[T] Yeah
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[Mariana Van Zeller]
By covering you, yes.
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[Mariana Van Zeller]
We're changing your voice.
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[theme music plays]
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[Mariana Van Zeller] So, I'm
going to be blunt and just ask
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you the ques, so you,
you, you kill people?
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[Mariana Van Zeller]
Pay you to kill people?
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[Mariana Van Zeller] Is it
always here in the city, in LA?
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[Mariana Van Zeller]
All around the country?
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[Mariana Van Zeller] How
many times have you done it?
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[Mariana Van Zeller]
More than ten?
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[Mariana] Do you remember
the first time you did it?
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[Mariana Van Zeller]
Is it easy?
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[Mariana Van Zeller] Do you do
any surveillance beforehand?
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[Mariana Van Zeller]
Yeah, what...
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[Mariana Van Zeller] Do you have
limits though or boundaries?
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Are there certain people that...
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[Mariana Van Zeller]
Like what?
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[Mariana Van Zeller]
But a father is okay?
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[Mariana Van Zeller]
Do you have kids?
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[Mariana Van Zeller] But there
is a part of you that has to
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feel a little bad, knowing that
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these are people who have
people who love them, right?
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They have families.
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[Mariana] Okay, I won't talk
about your kids anymore.
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[Hitman] Yeah.
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[Mariana Van Zeller]
You're getting tired?
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[Mariana Van Zeller] Okay.
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I mean if you have to
leave, you have to leave.
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And just like that,
the interview is over.
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[Hitman] Bye.
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[Mariana Van Zeller] I have
so many more questions.
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So much more I want to know
about hitmen and what they do.
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But assassins are paid
to silence their victims,
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and to stay silent about it.
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In my career,
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I've run into many people
who kill for a living.
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Sicarios in Mexico.
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[Mariana Van Zeller] Gang
members in Brazil and Colombia.
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[Mariana Van Zeller]
Even a hitman in Amsterdam.
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Would you shoot a journalist
if you were paid to?
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[Mariana Van Zeller]
It's a global phenomenon.
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Hitmen make
headlines around the world.
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[Reporter] A hit squad pulls up
and a hooded assassin unloads.
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[Mariana Van Zeller] Yet
little is known about how
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contract killers actually work,
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or what drives them to
make a living out of killing.
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[gunshot]
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For that I need to go to a
country where they thrive
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like few others.
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[chopping]
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[drumming]
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South Africa, where
news of the latest hit
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is an almost daily occurrence.
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[Anchor] Yet another whistle
blower has been gunned down.
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[Reporter] He was assassinated,
ambushed by two gunmen.
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[gunshot]
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[Mariana Van Zeller] In
the last seven years alone,
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assassins here have
killed more than 1,000 people.
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I want to know how
that's possible.
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So how far are we,
more or less?
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[Yanda] Like one minute.
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[Mariana Van Zeller] Okay.
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So we should start getting
closer to you guys here, right?
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[Yanda] All right, all right.
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[Mariana Van Zeller] I'm on
my way to the epicenter of
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South Africa's
assassination epidemic.
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So we're following
the white Range Rover.
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The two cars are full of
bodyguards, one in front
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and one right behind.
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This is where things
start to get a little heated.
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So we have to make sure,
oh look, look at that.
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[♪ intensifying music]
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This is not gang territory,
or cartel country.
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Incredibly, it's a
minibus taxi center.
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Where I'm headed to meet a
man with a target on his back.
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Look at that, this is insane.
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I mean, seriously, he's more
protected than the President,
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it seems.
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Okay, so, I'm going to
go out and meet him.
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Hi, Yanda, how are you?
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[Yanda] Hi.
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[Mariana Van Zeller]
Nice to meet you.
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You're the most important
person in South Africa
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it seems from all
your security guys.
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[Yanda] Yeah, I
would say in this area.
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[Mariana Van Zeller] Yeah.
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[Yanda] I am the most
important person, yes.
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[Mariana Van Zeller] Yanda is
what is known in South Africa
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as a taxi boss, he runs a
fleet of 500 minibus taxis,
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a lucrative gig, but not
for the faint of heart.
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So why so much protection?
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And what's
happening around us?
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[Yanda] I've been
attacked five times.
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[Mariana Van Zeller] You've
been attacked five times?
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-Yes.
-By whom?
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[Yanda] Um, by the opposition.
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There's always an opposition.
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I've been told they are
paid more than a million to...
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[Mariana Van Zeller]
To try to kill you?
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[Yanda] To kill me, yes.
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[honking]
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[Mariana Van Zeller] In
South Africa, the taxi game
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is big business,
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the industry transports nearly
70% of South African commuters.
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With an estimated 10 million
commuter trips every day,
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raking in around
$4.7 billion a year.
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And with so much money at
stake, the fight to control
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the most lucrative
routes is brutal.
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[honking]
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[gunshots]
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[Bystander] Oh my god, oh no!
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[eNCA Anchor] Police have
launched a massive manhunt
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following a deadly attack
on a fully loaded taxi.
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[Mariana Van Zeller] A quick
search online brings up dozens
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of videos and news clips that
paint a gruesome portrait of
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the industry.
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[eNCA Reporter] This latest
incident has highlighted the
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problem of taxi violence.
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[Mariana Van Zeller] Rival
taxi syndicates torch each
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other's vehicles.
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[gunshots]
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Shootouts are common.
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[Mariana Van Zeller] And for
some taxi bosses hiring hitmen
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to take out their competition
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is the fastest way
to higher profits.
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[SABC Reporter] Streets have
become hunting grounds for
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assassins involved in
an ongoing taxi feud.
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[gunshots]
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[Yanda] Taxi people only
believe in one thing,
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they believe that in order
for you to control this,
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you must kill this person.
You know?
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Even the last incident,
I had one bullet, AK47,
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stuck in my head.
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[Mariana Van Zeller] No.
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[Yanda] Those are the
scars as you can see.
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[Mariana Van Zeller] Oh, wow.
I see it, yeah.
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And the people that shot at you,
were they hired hitmen?
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[chatter]
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[Mariana Van Zeller] Do
you always feel on edge when
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you're here in your place?
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[Yanda] Always, because
whenever I'm here, I'm not safe.
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I always have my firearm.
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This is my baby.
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[Mariana Van Zeller] So, if
you were to leave right now
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and walk outside without your
bodyguards, what would happen?
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How long do you think you'd
last before somebody tried
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to shoot at you?
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[Yanda] Not more
than 15 minutes.
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[Mariana Van Zeller] Wow.
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That's a crazy way
to live, like that.
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[Yanda] Yeah.
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[Mariana Van Zeller] Yanda's
rivals, the people who he says
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have hired hitmen to kill him,
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have their base just
around the corner,
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and he wants to
show me what happens
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when he gets close
to their turf.
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This feels a lot
more unprotected,
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we're not surrounded
by your taxis.
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[Yanda] Yes, yes, yes.
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That side, that's where, if we
go there, anything can happen.
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[Mariana Van Zeller]
Shall we stay here?
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[Yanda] No, let's
come a little bit.
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Yes.
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[Mariana Van Zeller] I'm
with you, I'll do whatever
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you say is safe.
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[Yanda] As you can see,
those taxis parked there.
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[Mariana Van Zeller] Oh, yeah.
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All the vans over there, that,
it's another parking lot.
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And that's the other, that's
his rivals, the other taxi
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association and the
people who, he says,
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have been trying to kill him.
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[Yanda] Yes, that's correct.
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Some are coming.
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[Mariana Van Zeller] Oh, yeah,
they all came out with
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their own guns.
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This is so crazy like one,
two, three, four, five, six,
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seven, eight armed guys
walking right towards us.
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[Mariana Van Zeller]
That is crazy,
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so now they seem to be talking.
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[Yanda] But you can see
that they're not happy.
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[Mariana Van Zeller] No.
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I'm in South Africa
with a taxi boss,
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facing down his rivals,
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rivals he says have hired a
hit squad to take him out.
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Are we poking the bear a
little bit too much here?
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Are we?
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[Yanda] Yes, kind of, but
this is our daily life.
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[Mariana Van Zeller] Yeah,
he's waving us away
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saying go, go, go.
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So they're obviously not
happy that we were there.
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I mean, I can see how
things can change really fast.
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[Yanda] Yes.
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[Mariana Van Zeller]
And this can become bad.
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[Yanda] Oh, anytime.
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[Mariana Van Zeller] The taxi
business accounts for nearly
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half of all assassinations
in South Africa.
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And it's become a
breeding ground for hitmen.
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How easy is it to
hire inkabi here?
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[Yanda] Very easy.
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In fact, they come to
you and ask for a job.
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Is there anyone we
can kill for you?
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[Mariana Van Zeller] No!
That's happened?
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[Yanda] Yeah, that happens.
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[Mariana Van Zeller] Have
you ever hired a hitman?
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[Yanda] Yes, I have.
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[Mariana Van Zeller]
To kill somebody else?
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[laughing]
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[Yanda] To do the same thing
that they're doing to me.
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[Mariana Van Zeller] You were
trying to kill the person who
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was trying to kill you?
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[Yanda] Yes, that's correct.
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[Mariana Van Zeller] It seems
to be a bit of a cycle, right?
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Because somebody
tries to kill you,
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you try to kill somebody else.
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And it seems like it's a never
ending cycle of violence.
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[Yanda] That's how it's been
happening and I don't think
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anyone can be
able to stop this.
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[Mariana Van Zeller] It's a
never ending cycle of violence
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that Yanda knows all too well.
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But when I ask him if he could
connect me with a hitman,
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he says no.
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[Yanda] 'Cause I have
got a lot of enemies.
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I'm their number one target.
I'm not safe.
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[Mariana Van Zeller] What
he did tell me was this,
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some taxi bosses
have a side hustle
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running networks of assassins
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that they hire out
for high paying hits
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on whistleblowers, business
leaders and politicians.
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We're joining an elite
anti-gang unit on a raid
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as they close in on one of
these assassin networks.
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We're heading for a house that
is believed to belong to
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a taxi boss.
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It's a convoy of about
20 cars and about 35 men.
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We're in one of Durban's
vast urban slums,
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created during the country's era
of forced racial segregation
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known as apartheid.
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It was a violent system designed
to keep Black South Africans
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in poverty, and
its dark legacy remains.
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[Mariana Van Zeller] As we
pull up, the SWAT team
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storms the house.
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[speaking native language]
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[Mariana Van Zeller] Look, look,
oh yeah, do you see them?
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[speaking native language]
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[Mariana Van Zeller]
It's right here. Follow me.
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[Dina] Somebody has
a breaching tool!
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[Mariana Van Zeller] So they're
breaching the door right now.
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Okay. So he said that, that
we can't go close right.
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[speaking native language]
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[Mariana Van Zeller] Oh, wow.
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[speaking foreign language]
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[Mariana Van Zeller] There's a
dozen men and they're sort of
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securing the premise, watching
all windows and access points.
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I'm gonna go behind you, yeah?
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[♪ intense dramatic music]
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[Dina] Clear? Clear?
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[Mariana Van Zeller]
Is it clear?
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It seems to be
clear right now.
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So they have the suspects
here on the floor, right here.
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And they're still searching.
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[Dina] Is the rifle there?
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[Mariana Van Zeller] So
far they've recovered three
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firearms and I believe they
have one more suspect
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being taken out now.
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The police tell me the
suspected hitman was caught
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with an illegal automatic weapon
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and was dressed in the uniform
of a private security company
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which I've heard is a disguise
that hitmen here often use.
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That's because in South Africa
licensed security guards,
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like Yanda's men, are allowed to
carry fully-automatic firearms
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not available to
the average person.
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Oh, so that's
the assault rifle?
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[Cop] Assault rifle.
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[Mariana Van Zeller] What kind
is it?
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[Mariana Van Zeller] How do they
get their hands on these guns?
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[Mariana] South Africa is
awash with illegal firearms,
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more than two
million of them,
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and they're fueling the
assassination epidemic,
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[gunshot]
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unlicensed weapons are harder
for the police to trace,
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which makes it easier for the
assassins to do their work.
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Globally, assassins are
known to use car bombs,
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IEDs, and poison.
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But firearms are
their weapon of choice.
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So, if i want to find an
active hitman, my best bet
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is to follow the
trail of illegal guns.
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I head north to the outskirts
of Johannesburg to meet a
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contact who can help.
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Rudy?
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[Rudy] Rudy.
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[Mariana Van Zeller]
Come on in.
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So you tell me how
to get, how to go, right?
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[Mariana Van Zeller] This guy
that we're meeting,
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what can you tell me about him?
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Is he...
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[Mariana] Oh, so he buys and
sells weapons to people?
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-Now?
-Yeah.
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[Mariana Van Zeller] Okay.
So let's put cameras down,
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guys, we're getting close.
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The organizer, who we'll
call Vusi, is running late.
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And when he finally
arrives, he explained why.
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Okay. So, um, you went to the
police station, is that right?
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Why?
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[Mariana Van Zeller]
So the, the 9mm,
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you got that from the police?
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[Mariana Van Zeller]
Holy [bleep].
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Vusi tells me that he has
bought dozens of handguns
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from the police.
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His source for heavy
weapons is equally shocking.
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[Mariana Van Zeller] You
get them from the military?
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[Mariana Van Zeller] And what
kind of weapons are you,
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we, talking about?
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[Mariana Van Zeller] The R5 is
the same model assault rifle
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I saw the police confiscate
from a suspected hitman.
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Most of your clients use
it for which, for what?
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[Mariana Van Zeller] We really
want to meet an inkabi,
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an, a hitman who is
currently active.
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Do you know anyone that
you could introduce us to?
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[Mariana Van Zeller]
Unfortunately, his assassin
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turns us down.
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But I get lucky.
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Another local source comes
through with an introduction.
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This is it.
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After many weeks trying to
get a hitman to talk to us,
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it looks like we finally
have one who has agreed.
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It's still surreal to me that
this profession even exists,
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that someone
kills for a living.
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[gunshot]
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I'd feel more comfortable if
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assassins remained
a Hollywood trope.
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With their cool
detachment from death.
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[Mariana Van Zeller] Their
effortless mastery of weapons.
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And their impressive
old testament knowledge.
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[Jules Winnfield] And I will
strike down upon thee
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with great vengeance.
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[gunshots]
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[Vincent] I do
this for a living.
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[Mariana Van Zeller] But the
reality is much less slick.
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And in a way,
perhaps more scary.
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[footsteps]
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[Mariana Van Zeller]
So, Jojo, right?
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[Mariana Van Zeller] It's
okay if I call you Jojo?
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[Mariana Van Zeller]
Well, how did you start?
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How did you get
into this business?
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[Mariana Van Zeller] I'm in
South Africa investigating
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the world of
professional assassins.
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Jojo, did you go to school?
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[Mariana Van Zeller] Uh-hmm.
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[Mariana Van Zeller] And
how many people do you think
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you've killed in your life?
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[Mariana Van Zeller]
Close to 30 people?
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[Mariana Van Zeller] How much
do you get paid per hit?
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[Mariana Van Zeller] So that's
about $1,400, more or less.
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[Mariana Van Zeller]
Who gets the rest?
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[Mariana Van Zeller] So, how
many people do you work with?
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[Mariana Van Zeller] One thing
that we've heard is that the
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police are sometimes even
warned when there's going
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to be a killing.
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[Mariana Van Zeller] Why do
you think the situation is so
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bad in South Africa?
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[Mariana Van Zeller] Jojo
reminds me of some of the
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other killers I've met, mostly
young, always poor,
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driven to crime
because they believe
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it's the only choice they have.
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[Mariana Van Zeller] In Mexico,
these young men saw it
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as a shockingly
normal career path.
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[Mariana Van Zeller] In
Amsterdam, this hitman grew up
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in a violent
drug-dealing family.
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[Mariana Van Zeller]
They're all killers?
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[Mariana Van Zeller]
It's a grim reality.
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And as I heard in Los Angeles,
too, it often starts young.
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How old were you
the first time?
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[Mariana Van Zeller] Do you mind
me asking what your parents did?
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[Mariana Van Zeller]
Were they killed?
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[Mariana Van Zeller] What did
you think of the person that
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killed your parents?
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[Mariana Van Zeller] So, you
do realize that you're doing
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the same thing to
other kids, right?
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You had a really hard life
because your parents were killed
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and you're basically doing the
same thing to other children.
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[Mariana Van Zeller] You
never thought about this?
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[Mariana Van Zeller]
But are they?
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Do you consider
yourself a bad person?
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[Mariana Van Zeller] Uh, yeah,
I mean, it was a...
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it is horrible what he does.
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It is horrible, horrible.
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It's the worst thing you can
do as a human being is to take
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another human being's life.
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Um, but at the same time, you
hear his story and you can
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understand how people fall
into this pattern and this
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cycle of violence of his
parents being killed and then
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himself becoming a killer.
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And as controversial
as this may sound,
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I felt sorry for him, yeah.
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But I, you know, I feel more
sorry for the people that he's
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killing, and for the families
of the people that he's
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killing, of course.
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But, yeah, it's a
really, really hard one.
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[chatter]
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[Mariana Van Zeller] Still, the
next stop on this journey
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is clear,
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if I really want to
understand assassins,
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I need to understand
the damage they do.
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[sighing]
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[sighing]
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[Johanna Phenya] I
heard the gunshots.
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Then I started panicking.
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I rushed outside.
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That's when I found him.
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[Mariana Van Zeller]
Johanna Phenya's husband, Eric,
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was assassinated in
October of 2022.
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Witnesses say two hitmen
opened fire on Eric's car
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minutes after he dropped
his children off at school.
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[Johanna Phenya] I still
have flashbacks of
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him lying in the car.
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With the bullet holes.
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You know, I tried to
call his name, you know,
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"Sweetie, wake up"
like, and like he...
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[Mariana Van Zeller]
I'm so sorry.
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I'm so sorry.
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[crying]
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Johanna and Eric ran a
technology company that was
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working with the government on
a project when they noticed
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a government official
trying to steal funds.
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Johanna says her husband
reported the fraud to the police
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and then testified
against the official.
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His honesty proved fatal.
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Johanna and her children
are now in hiding,
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afraid the hitmen will
return to kill them.
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[Johanna Phenya] And my
daughter was like,
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"Mama, what kind of a
life are we living?"
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Because after we
buried my husband,
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they were still following us.
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They went to their school.
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[Johanna Phenya] I,
I miss my best friend.
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[waves crashing]
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[Mariana Van Zeller] There's
some nice houses here, huh?
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[Mariana Van Zeller] Jojo wasn't
involved in Eric's killing.
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But as I ride with
him through Durban,
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I'm very aware of the parallels.
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So, if you do have a
target who would live in a
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neighborhood like this,
how would you go about it?
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[Mariana Van Zeller]
Wait, dressed as police?
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How do you get a police uniform?
Is that easy?
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[Mariana Van Zeller] Do
they know what it's for?
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[Mariana Van Zeller] So, is
that your preferred method?
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00:31:05,655 --> 00:31:07,115
-Right here?
-Yes. You know.
477
00:31:26,718 --> 00:31:30,013
[Mariana Van Zeller] Have you
ever shot women and children?
478
00:31:37,354 --> 00:31:39,856
[Mariana] But the kids were
there in the house as well?
479
00:31:41,108 --> 00:31:42,150
[Jojo] I don't, I don't.
480
00:31:55,914 --> 00:31:58,959
[children laughing]
481
00:31:59,209 --> 00:32:00,877
[Mariana Van Zeller] It's hard
to hear these details and
482
00:32:00,877 --> 00:32:02,796
not think about what
Johanna and her children
483
00:32:02,796 --> 00:32:05,215
are now going through.
484
00:32:05,215 --> 00:32:08,510
But it's telling that she
doesn't blame the hitmen.
485
00:32:17,686 --> 00:32:20,355
[Johanna Phenya] They could
have done something about it.
486
00:32:20,355 --> 00:32:23,191
[siren]
487
00:32:23,859 --> 00:32:25,777
[Mariana Van Zeller] Following
Eric's assassination,
488
00:32:25,777 --> 00:32:28,655
the police tracked
down the hitmen.
489
00:32:28,947 --> 00:32:31,533
They found the cars they drive
and an address where they're
490
00:32:31,533 --> 00:32:33,785
known to frequent.
491
00:32:33,785 --> 00:32:35,495
[Johanna Phenya] They
know the suspects and
492
00:32:35,495 --> 00:32:37,455
they're not doing anything.
493
00:32:37,455 --> 00:32:38,832
[Mariana Van Zeller] So
nobody has been arrested.
494
00:32:38,832 --> 00:32:40,208
Nothing has
happened to anyone?
495
00:32:40,208 --> 00:32:41,209
[Johanna Phenya] No.
496
00:32:41,751 --> 00:32:43,044
[Mariana Van Zeller] Do you
think that it's related to the
497
00:32:43,044 --> 00:32:44,754
business deal, the,
the contract that you...
498
00:32:44,754 --> 00:32:46,006
[Johanna Phenya] Yeah.
499
00:32:46,006 --> 00:32:46,923
[Mariana Van Zeller] For sure?
500
00:32:46,923 --> 00:32:49,342
[Johanna Phenya] 100%, 100%.
501
00:32:49,926 --> 00:32:52,929
[Mariana Van Zeller] Time and
again, this is what we've heard.
502
00:32:57,601 --> 00:32:59,186
[Mariana Van Zeller]
So the, that 9mm,
503
00:32:59,186 --> 00:33:00,520
you got that from the police?
504
00:33:03,607 --> 00:33:05,275
[Mariana Van Zeller] But I
want to understand how deep
505
00:33:05,275 --> 00:33:07,027
the corruption goes.
506
00:33:07,027 --> 00:33:10,780
And for that, I need to speak
to someone on the inside.
507
00:33:11,323 --> 00:33:16,953
He told us to meet him in P6
and hopefully he'll be there.
508
00:33:22,292 --> 00:33:28,715
[♪ dramatic music]
509
00:33:33,637 --> 00:33:35,722
Torrance?
510
00:33:37,307 --> 00:33:39,601
What you're doing is not only
risky, but incredibly brave.
511
00:33:54,241 --> 00:33:57,327
[♪ slow ominous music]
512
00:33:57,327 --> 00:33:59,204
[Mariana Van Zeller] Because
there's so much risk in doing
513
00:33:59,204 --> 00:34:01,706
this, why did you
want to talk to us?
514
00:34:07,796 --> 00:34:09,755
[Mariana Van Zeller]
This is Torrance,
515
00:34:09,755 --> 00:34:11,507
it's not his real name.
516
00:34:11,507 --> 00:34:15,387
He spent over 25 years in the
South African police service.
517
00:34:29,317 --> 00:34:30,485
[Torrance] Yes.
518
00:34:37,867 --> 00:34:39,369
[Mariana Van Zeller] Have
you seen that's happening?
519
00:34:41,538 --> 00:34:42,289
[Mariana Van Zeller] With your
own eyes? Like you saw it.
520
00:34:43,706 --> 00:34:45,500
[Mariana Van Zeller] They
know full well that these are
521
00:34:45,500 --> 00:34:47,168
assassinations, that
people are gonna be murdered?
522
00:34:56,636 --> 00:34:57,887
[Mariana Van Zeller] Do you know
police officers who
523
00:34:57,887 --> 00:34:58,847
also became hit men?
524
00:35:01,016 --> 00:35:02,350
[Mariana Van Zeller] So, they
work for the hitmen, and in
525
00:35:02,350 --> 00:35:03,476
some cases, they are
hitmen themselves.
526
00:35:11,901 --> 00:35:14,362
[Mariana Van Zeller] Wherever
murder goes unpunished,
527
00:35:14,362 --> 00:35:18,074
contract killings become
a tool of the powerful.
528
00:35:18,074 --> 00:35:20,285
A way to protect
corrupt interests.
529
00:35:21,453 --> 00:35:25,165
That's true in Mexico when
drug cartels slay journalists.
530
00:35:25,457 --> 00:35:27,792
[BBC Reporter] Four journalists
have been killed in Mexico
531
00:35:27,792 --> 00:35:30,211
in just the past two months.
532
00:35:31,129 --> 00:35:32,839
[Mariana Van Zeller] In the
Amazon when illegal loggers
533
00:35:32,839 --> 00:35:34,257
kill activists.
534
00:35:34,507 --> 00:35:36,551
[Al Jazeera Reporter] A
Peruvian environmentalist and
535
00:35:36,551 --> 00:35:38,845
three other community leaders
have been killed in a region
536
00:35:38,845 --> 00:35:40,764
bordering Brazil.
537
00:35:40,764 --> 00:35:42,557
[Mariana Van Zeller] Or in the
Netherlands when drug gangs
538
00:35:42,557 --> 00:35:45,727
silence witnesses
before a trial.
539
00:35:45,727 --> 00:35:47,687
[News Reporter] Mafia style
murders in the Netherlands has
540
00:35:47,687 --> 00:35:50,732
led to questions about whether
the drug gangs are threatening
541
00:35:50,732 --> 00:35:52,692
the rule of law.
542
00:35:52,692 --> 00:35:54,277
[Mariana Van Zeller] The fear
of assassination becomes a
543
00:35:54,277 --> 00:35:56,112
powerful tool of control.
544
00:35:56,112 --> 00:35:58,615
[sirens]
545
00:35:58,615 --> 00:36:01,618
Especially when the
institutions supposed to be
546
00:36:01,618 --> 00:36:05,330
fighting back are
in on the take.
547
00:36:05,747 --> 00:36:07,999
This is not just a handful
of cops, that are corrupt.
548
00:36:07,999 --> 00:36:10,168
You're talking about
systemic corruption.
549
00:36:10,168 --> 00:36:12,128
How far up do you think the
corruption actually goes
550
00:36:12,128 --> 00:36:13,380
in South Africa?
551
00:36:18,885 --> 00:36:19,719
[Mariana Van Zeller] Why not?
552
00:36:28,186 --> 00:36:30,188
[Mariana Van Zeller] So, every
single person we spoke to for
553
00:36:30,188 --> 00:36:32,941
the story has mentioned
police corruption.
554
00:36:32,941 --> 00:36:34,692
This is Bheki Cele,
555
00:36:34,692 --> 00:36:37,278
South Africa's
minister of police.
556
00:36:37,278 --> 00:36:40,698
[Bheki Cele] Your job
is to enforce the law!
557
00:36:40,698 --> 00:36:42,117
[Mariana Van Zeller] He was
once an activist who spent
558
00:36:42,117 --> 00:36:44,869
time in the same prison
as Nelson Mandela,
559
00:36:44,869 --> 00:36:47,038
and survived an
assassination attempt
560
00:36:47,038 --> 00:36:49,916
at hands of the
Apartheid regime.
561
00:36:50,875 --> 00:36:52,710
We've heard of
police selling guns,
562
00:36:52,710 --> 00:36:55,714
police being involved
in assassination plots.
563
00:36:55,714 --> 00:36:57,424
It's systemic corruption.
564
00:36:57,424 --> 00:36:58,925
What do you say to that?
565
00:36:58,925 --> 00:37:01,386
[Bheki Cele] I think, the...
566
00:37:04,806 --> 00:37:08,393
[Bheki Cele] There are very,
very corrupt and dangerous,
567
00:37:08,393 --> 00:37:10,145
dangerous cops.
568
00:37:10,145 --> 00:37:11,896
But that number does not
569
00:37:11,896 --> 00:37:14,274
surpass the number
of good police.
570
00:37:14,274 --> 00:37:17,026
That there are many good cops.
571
00:37:17,026 --> 00:37:18,945
[Mariana Van Zeller] Some of
the things that we've heard is
572
00:37:18,945 --> 00:37:22,615
that the police have
been clearing the area
573
00:37:22,615 --> 00:37:24,909
for assassinations
to take place.
574
00:37:24,909 --> 00:37:27,078
Renting their own uniforms
575
00:37:27,078 --> 00:37:30,373
for the hitmen to disguise
themselves as police.
576
00:37:30,373 --> 00:37:32,625
It's more than
just corruption.
577
00:37:32,625 --> 00:37:35,336
It's that they are
actually actively involved
578
00:37:35,336 --> 00:37:38,214
in these killings, in
these assassinations.
579
00:37:38,214 --> 00:37:40,300
[Bheki Cele] And
it's not denied.
580
00:37:40,300 --> 00:37:43,052
[Mariana Van Zeller] So,
you have knowledge that
581
00:37:43,052 --> 00:37:44,304
this is happening?
582
00:37:44,304 --> 00:37:46,222
[Bheki Cele] Exactly.
No doubt about that.
583
00:37:46,222 --> 00:37:48,349
People are dying here.
584
00:37:48,683 --> 00:37:51,603
[Mariana Van Zeller] In 2016,
South Africa created a special
585
00:37:51,603 --> 00:37:55,023
task force to address
its assassination crisis.
586
00:37:55,940 --> 00:38:02,238
Since then, Bheki Cele says 337
assassins have been arrested.
587
00:38:10,038 --> 00:38:11,664
[Mariana Van Zeller] Well,
that's an enormous number,
588
00:38:11,664 --> 00:38:14,459
but that doesn't make you feel
any safer to think that those
589
00:38:14,459 --> 00:38:16,544
are the people that have been
arrested, so you can only
590
00:38:16,544 --> 00:38:18,588
imagine how many
are out there.
591
00:38:18,588 --> 00:38:21,007
[Bheki Cele] There are
many of the murderers about.
592
00:38:21,007 --> 00:38:23,843
But it, it would be unfair
to say that government is
593
00:38:23,843 --> 00:38:25,845
not fighting back
on this course.
594
00:38:25,845 --> 00:38:27,764
Have we won? No.
595
00:38:27,764 --> 00:38:29,641
Are we doing something? Yes.
596
00:38:29,641 --> 00:38:31,226
[Mariana Van Zeller] Uh-huh.
Okay, very fair.
597
00:38:31,226 --> 00:38:33,061
Minister, one more question.
598
00:38:33,061 --> 00:38:35,855
You have fought hard for
democracy in this country.
599
00:38:35,855 --> 00:38:37,565
You yourself were an activist.
600
00:38:37,565 --> 00:38:39,317
You were arrested while
fighting for democracy
601
00:38:39,317 --> 00:38:40,860
in this country.
602
00:38:40,860 --> 00:38:43,947
Is this the democracy that
you envisioned, when you have
603
00:38:43,947 --> 00:38:46,616
widespread and systemic
corruption like you said,
604
00:38:46,616 --> 00:38:51,538
but also when people try to
fight it, they can be killed?
605
00:39:00,338 --> 00:39:02,924
[Mariana Van Zeller] I spent
time with, uh, this woman.
606
00:39:02,924 --> 00:39:04,634
And it's a story
I will never forget.
607
00:39:04,634 --> 00:39:07,387
Her name is Johanna Phenya.
608
00:39:07,387 --> 00:39:08,846
I'm with Bheki Cele,
609
00:39:08,846 --> 00:39:10,974
South Africa's
minister of police.
610
00:39:10,974 --> 00:39:14,269
Her husband and her started
exposing corruption within
611
00:39:14,269 --> 00:39:17,897
the government and started
receiving death threats.
612
00:39:17,897 --> 00:39:21,442
She went to the police,
gave them all the evidence.
613
00:39:22,026 --> 00:39:23,278
The police did nothing.
614
00:39:23,278 --> 00:39:25,572
And a few weeks later,
her husband was killed.
615
00:39:25,572 --> 00:39:28,074
So what would you say
to people like Johanna?
616
00:39:28,074 --> 00:39:29,701
And there are many
of them out there.
617
00:39:29,701 --> 00:39:34,706
[Bheki Cele] Well,
South Africa has a very high
618
00:39:34,706 --> 00:39:36,833
degree of murders.
619
00:39:36,833 --> 00:39:38,876
But there are many of them
620
00:39:38,876 --> 00:39:42,046
that have been
prevented to be hit.
621
00:39:42,046 --> 00:39:44,340
Unfortunately, those stories
622
00:39:44,340 --> 00:39:46,801
don't make their
way to the media.
623
00:39:46,801 --> 00:39:48,136
[Mariana Van Zeller] So,
you know about this case?
624
00:39:48,136 --> 00:39:49,846
[Bheki Cele] I have
heard about it. Yes.
625
00:39:49,846 --> 00:39:51,556
[Mariana Van Zeller] Because I
think the message that it sends
626
00:39:51,556 --> 00:39:53,850
is more than
just killing one person.
627
00:39:53,850 --> 00:39:55,351
It sends a message of fear.
628
00:39:55,351 --> 00:39:57,061
[Bheki Cele] No.
You can't accept that.
629
00:39:57,061 --> 00:40:00,690
The efforts, let me admit,
not adequate.
630
00:40:00,690 --> 00:40:02,233
It's not enough.
631
00:40:02,233 --> 00:40:05,862
Yes, we have a problem.
But we are fighting it.
632
00:40:08,531 --> 00:40:10,158
[Mariana Van Zeller]
Ultimately though, fighting
633
00:40:10,158 --> 00:40:13,369
this black market is
more difficult than most.
634
00:40:14,912 --> 00:40:19,417
There's no product to bust,
no supply chain to track,
635
00:40:19,918 --> 00:40:24,047
just a simple agreement between
a corrupt client and a willing
636
00:40:24,047 --> 00:40:28,384
contractor desperate enough
to be selling the unthinkable.
637
00:40:29,719 --> 00:40:33,139
Johanna, do you think that
the people that did this,
638
00:40:33,139 --> 00:40:35,850
do you think they're
aware of what they did?
639
00:40:35,850 --> 00:40:37,143
Or the suffering?
640
00:40:37,143 --> 00:40:38,478
[Johanna Phenya] No.
They don't care.
641
00:40:38,478 --> 00:40:42,940
They don't care.
They are just hitmen.
642
00:40:42,940 --> 00:40:44,942
They are just,
they are working.
643
00:40:44,942 --> 00:40:47,946
And for them,
it's to make money.
644
00:41:02,877 --> 00:41:06,714
[gunshots]
645
00:41:06,714 --> 00:41:08,633
[Mariana Van Zeller] I sense
that the only way Jojo and
646
00:41:08,633 --> 00:41:11,761
some of the other hitmen I've
met can justify the savagery
647
00:41:11,761 --> 00:41:14,972
of their work is to convince
themselves that they have
648
00:41:14,972 --> 00:41:16,724
no other choice.
649
00:41:16,724 --> 00:41:18,017
That there's no going back.
650
00:41:35,410 --> 00:41:37,996
[Mariana Van Zeller] In time,
killing becomes the only thing
651
00:41:37,996 --> 00:41:39,539
they know.
652
00:41:39,539 --> 00:41:43,668
Whether that's in South Africa,
Mexico, or Los Angeles.
653
00:41:44,127 --> 00:41:46,254
Would you want to get out of
this if there was another way
654
00:41:46,254 --> 00:41:47,630
of making as much money?
655
00:41:49,340 --> 00:41:50,550
[Mariana Van Zeller] Why not?
656
00:41:53,261 --> 00:41:54,512
[Mariana Van Zeller] So you're
not just saying this because
657
00:41:54,512 --> 00:41:56,014
we've got cameras, you
actually feel this way?
658
00:42:08,276 --> 00:42:13,448
[♪ dramatic eerie music]
659
00:42:14,657 --> 00:42:16,492
[Mariana Van Zeller] In
South Africa, hitmen perform
660
00:42:16,492 --> 00:42:19,912
a traditional ritual,
661
00:42:19,912 --> 00:42:21,956
bathing in blood and bile,
662
00:42:21,956 --> 00:42:24,584
to protect themselves
from the spirits
663
00:42:24,584 --> 00:42:26,836
of the people they've murdered.
664
00:42:49,150 --> 00:42:51,235
[Mariana Van Zeller] I can't
imagine choosing a life like
665
00:42:51,235 --> 00:42:53,237
the one Jojo has chosen.
666
00:42:53,237 --> 00:42:54,864
[gunshot]
667
00:42:54,864 --> 00:42:58,576
Assassins wield the
power of life and death.
668
00:42:58,576 --> 00:43:00,536
But they are also vulnerable,
669
00:43:00,536 --> 00:43:04,082
expendable and
infinitely replaceable.
670
00:43:04,832 --> 00:43:07,460
They are part of a culture of
killing that grows in places
671
00:43:07,460 --> 00:43:10,505
where corruption
and greed rule.
672
00:43:10,505 --> 00:43:14,759
Places that have no
respect for the rule of law.
673
00:43:41,953 --> 00:43:44,163
[Mariana Van Zeller]
It's a vicious cycle.
674
00:43:44,163 --> 00:43:48,459
When assassins kill, they do
more than silence a person.
675
00:43:48,459 --> 00:43:50,837
They silence the truth,
676
00:43:50,837 --> 00:43:52,839
instill fear,
677
00:43:52,839 --> 00:43:56,467
embolden the corrupt
and powerful,
678
00:43:57,468 --> 00:44:01,931
and leave the poor with
fewer and fewer choices.
679
00:44:02,390 --> 00:44:03,766
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