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Judy Moran’s last ride from freedom in 2009. In police car with Stuart Bateson

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 walks free from the Melbourne Supreme Court on Friday.

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
Tony Mokbel leaves court after getting bail at Victoria’s Court of Appeal in April.

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 and barrister Julie Condon, KC, on Friday.

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
Underworld lawyer Sarah Tricarico leaves Melbourne Magistrates’ Court earlier this year.

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
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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
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Tony Mokbel arrives at court in early September.

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
Tony Mokbel in May.

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
Darren Hafner: Claimed he made an honest mistake.

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
Drug kingpin Tony Mokbel walked from custody earlier this year.

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