A brutal conflict is playing out on the streets of Sydney, and the battle lines are drawn between postcodes.

Teens from across the western suburbs are being drawn into its violence, sometimes with deadly consequences.

Four Corners and Background Briefing go inside a powerful and dangerous criminal hierarchy, revealing how it stretches from the kids in the postcode gangs, into the lyrics of drill, and all the way up to some of Australia’s most notorious crime families.

Listen to Background Briefing's episode, 'Meet the teens at the frontline of organised crime', here: https://ab.co/3S5Nj5c

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