Following a detailed account of a brutal daylight execution outside a Turkish fast food restaurant, we trace the beginnings of the drug trade in the Western suburbs, as it evolved with the maligned caricature of the Western Sydney Muslim stereotype.

A dispute over drug territory between two Lebanese crime families spirals into a series of tit for tat shootings that seek to preserve the honour of each family.

Islamophobia and the cultural divide creates an insular community within the western suburbs. The political climate of the era has a huge influence on everyone’s relationships, choices and the harsh repercussions that comes with them.

With Eddie’s return to Sydney, the gang violence escalates to an unprecedented level.

The Darwiche’s retaliate, resulting in the death of an innocent mother. In response, a special police task force is established to tackle Middle Eastern crime.

The death of an innocent woman forces police to act and an informant starts to bleed out from within.

As the chance of survival looks slim, a trusted confidant becomes the sole betrayer in the complicated web of the war. Police close in on arrests, and desperation results in another execution.

Trades are struck between police and the Darwiche gang members, on and off the record. We investigate penal populism and why Ramzi was disproportionately sentenced to life without parole.