Lord Digby Banks and his crony Lord Rupert Crook-Smith, both ex-colonial Governors, decide to assassinate some corrupt individuals in Kenya by way of teaching a lesson. A hit team is recruited in London and targets are selected by using information gathered and confirmed from the local press. Things go wrong and the Lords are caught, but capital punishment prevents extradition and political expediency saves the day. Encouraged by their immunity, a second mission is launched by the Lords to deal with corporate crime in America and people start dying. The causes are traced to them and the U.S. Attorney General seeks extradition, but in the final analysis an American citizen is prosecuted and an unusual verdict is reached.