Tony Mokbel
A shooting in front of children at a footy clinic shifted everything in the notorious Underbelly war
The gangland wars between Carl Williams and the Moran family dominated Melbourne for years. Now, John Silvester talks to one of the lead police investigators about what it took to put some of them behind bars.
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Tony Mokbel a free man with wedding bells on his mind after crime case abandoned
The 60-year-old has walked away from the Supreme Court cleared of any pending criminal matters and without the shadow of bail for the first time in decades.
- Erin Pearson
Drug kingpin Tony Mokbel is expected to escape retrial and face no further charges
Mokbel’s barrister has said a decision on the future of a retrial was made on Thursday.
- Erin Pearson
Tony Mokbel bound for Queensland holiday as prosecutors delay retrial decision
The gangland figure had his bail conditions significantly scaled back as prosecutors drag a decision on whether he should face a retrial on drugs charges.
- Erin Pearson
Gangland lawyer cleared of attempt to hinder police investigation
Tony Mokbel’s longtime solicitor, Sarah Tricarico, has had charges that she instructed others to delete encrypted messages dropped.
- Erin Pearson
Tony Mokbel walks free from court again after major drug sentence slashed
The gangland figure has been resentenced on appeal over a drug conviction he received in 2012.
- Erin Pearson
Tony Mokbel cleared of some serious drug trafficking charges over Lawyer X scandal
The Court of Appeal has quashed one of the infamous criminal’s convictions for masterminding an elaborate drug syndicate, saying the case was hopelessly tainted by the Lawyer X scandal.
- Erin Pearson and Marta Pascual Juanola
- Analysis
- Naked City
Mokbel’s naked ambition: How a drug kingpin sought to expose an undercover cop
Gangsters naked in the toilet of a suburban pizza restaurant? Tony Mokbel’s plan when he was a fugitive in Greece was meant to show just who in Melbourne was trustworthy. It didn’t work.
- John Silvester
- Analysis
- Naked City
The downfall of a drug racket: An underworld drama
You might think that having lost a house to Tony Mokbel, Darren Hafner would have sought an alternative income stream. But he was nothing if not persistent.
- John Silvester
Mokbel receives government payout for savage jail bashing
Drug kingpin Tony Mokbel has had another legal victory after receiving an undisclosed financial settlement over an attack in Barwon Prison in 2019.
- Cameron Houston