Cleaner (crime)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

In crime fiction, a cleaner is a person who destroys or removes any incriminating evidence at the scene of a crime, typically a murder, as if the crime never happened. Knowledge of crime scene investigation is required, as well as an implacable manner as the perpetrator, who is usually agitated and confused, is inevitably involved with the cleanup.^{[citation needed]}

A cleaner can also refer to an assassin, as murder might be required to "clean" up a situation.^{[citation needed]}

A cleaner is also a slang term for an individual (usually a member of a crime organization or a covert government agency) who disposes of a corpse after a hit. Interestingly, actor Harvey Keitel has played such a character in two movies: Pulp Fiction and Point of No Return.^{[citation needed]}

In real life, there is an industry of cleaning up after crime scenes. This involves removing blood and other biohazardous material, or dangerous chemicals used in an illegal drug lab.^[1]

[edit] See also

• Crime scene investigator
• Forensic scientist

[edit] Examples

• Winston Wolfe, from Pulp Fiction
• Viktor, from Nikita
• Léon, from Léon
• The Cleaners, from Max Payne 2
• Carl, from Munich
• Wolf, from Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem
• Sawyer the Cleaner, from Black Lagoon
• The Watchdogs, from Manhunt 2

[edit] References