In conflict zones around the world, battles are increasingly being fought not just by armies, but by private military contractors operating as guns for hire.

These mercenaries live in a shadowy world away from the public eye where the normal rules of combat don’t apply.

In 2019, a group of private military contractors allegedly made a failed attempt to overthrow a Middle Eastern government.

The operation fell through when the warlord they were working for accused the mercenaries of failing to deliver on a contract worth tens of millions of dollars.

The team’s hasty escape lifted the lid on a plot worthy of a blockbuster novel.

Four Corners investigates this murky world and the Australian military man accused of being at the heart of it.

Read more here: https://ab.co/3kiZJWD.

Shortly before broadcast, Christiaan Durrant provided Four Corners a statement regarding our story. You can read it here: https://bit.ly/2FCz3RG.


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