Gobbo admits she could have left cop informer briefing Barrister-turned-informer Nicola Gobbo concedes senior police did not force her stay in a meeting where she was introduced to the idea of being an informer. AAP · Oct 7, 2024
Gobbo claims she didn't know about Mokbel's escape plan 'Lawyer X' Nicola Gobbo has contradicted Tony Mokbel's claims she was aware the drug kingpin was planning to abscond to Greece during his trial. AAP · Oct 7, 2024
Nicola Gobbo's struggles in hiding aired in civil trial 'Lawyer X' Nicola Gobbo's experiences in hiding since she was outed as a police informer have been aired in her civil trial against Victoria Police. AAP · Oct 1, 2024
Police 'groomed' lawyer-turned-informer Nicola Gobbo Victoria Police has been accused of "grooming" Nicola Gobbo into becoming a source and revealing confidential information about dangerous gangland clients. AAP · Sep 29, 2024
Push to ban gangland compo claims startles top lawyers Top lawyers fear a push to ban compensation claims over the use of lawyers as police informants is dangerous, but the government says rights are not at risk. AAP · Aug 12, 2024
Informant Gobbo was 'rogue, out of control': police A former police handler has given evidence to the Victorian Supreme Court as drug kingpin Tony Mokbel fights to appeal his convictions. AAP · Feb 27, 2024
Police 'didn't do anything wrong' with informant Gobbo A former police handler has given evidence to the Victorian Supreme Court as drug kingpin Tony Mokbel fights to appeal his convictions. AAP · Feb 20, 2024
Mokbel denies exaggerating his connection to Gobbo Drug kingpin Tony Mokbel has completed his third day of evidence in the Victorian Supreme Court as he tries to fight drug-trafficking convictions. AAP · Feb 8, 2024
Gangland figure warned Mokbel about informant Gobbo A notorious gangland figure warned drug kingpin Tony Mokbel about barrister-turned-informant Nicola Gobbo once he was extradited back to Australia. AAP · Feb 7, 2024
Mokbel claims Gobbo encouraged him to flee to Greece Drug kingpin Tony Mokbel has given evidence in the Victorian Supreme Court as he tries to fight his drug trafficking convictions. AAP · Feb 6, 2024
Tomato tin ecstasy importer denied Lawyer X appeal Drug importer Rob Karam, serving 35 years' jail including for the import of 15 million ecstasy pills, has been denied an appeal linked to Lawyer X Nicola Gobbo. AAP · Dec 14, 2023
Notorious drug lord's niece killed after car she was driving ploughed into tree Keana Mokbel, 25, whose uncle Tony Mokbel is serving 30 years on drugs charges, died when her vehicle ploughed into a tree in Heidelberg West, a suburb of Melbourne in Australia at around 8.50pm on Sunday Daily Mirror · Apr 18, 2023
Jail term shaved for drug kingpin Tony Mokbel Tony Mokbel has been successful in his bid to receive a shorter prison sentence after an earlier conviction was quashed due to the Lawyer X scandal. The New Daily · Mar 7, 2023
Tony Mokbel's sentence cut after drug conviction quashed in wake of Lawyer X scandal The prison sentence of one of Victoria's most notorious gangland figures, drug trafficker Tony Mokbel, is reduced following the quashing of one of his convictions due to the Lawyer X scandal. ABC News · Mar 7, 2023
AAP · Mar 6, 2023 Shorter jail term set for drug kingpin Tony Mokbel Tony Mokbel has been successful in his bid to receive a shorter prison sentence after an earlier conviction was quashed due to the Lawyer X scandal.
The New Daily · Mar 2, 2023 Drug kingpin Tony Mokbel rushed to hospital from prison Drug kingpin Tony Mokbel has been rushed to hospital from Barwon prison in Victoria after feeling unwell, four years after a traumatic brain injury.
ABC News · Mar 2, 2023 Victorian crime boss Tony Mokbel taken from prison to hospital Convicted drug trafficker and crime boss Tony Mokbel has been taken to hospital from Victoria's maximum-security Barwon Prison for unknown reasons.
AAP · Feb 20, 2023 Mokbel asks for move from 'harsh' prison conditions Drug kingpin Tony Mokbel wants to be transferred to another prison as his recovery from a violent attack has been impeded due to his isolation, his lawyer says.
ABC News · Jan 24, 2023 George Marrogi and girlfriend Antonietta Mannella plead guilty to running drug syndicate from jail The court heard George Marrogi's girlfriend impersonated his law firm's receptionist and spoke in code to arrange the importation of $55 million worth of meth and heroin from Thailand.
AAP · Oct 25, 2022 Fourth charged over Vic underworld murder Police investigating the shooting death of a former associate of jailed drug kingpin Tony Mokbel have arrested and charged a fourth man.
AAP · May 6, 2022 Mokbel judges order police, Gobbo scrutiny The Court of Appeal has asked a judge to examine the roles of Victoria Police and police informer Nicola Gobbo in Tony Mokbel's drug convictions.
ABC News · May 5, 2022 Canadian prisoner attacked by convicted terrorist now in legal fight with Victorian government A Canadian woman serving a sentence in a Melbourne jail has launched a lawsuit against the Victorian government over a 2020 attack by another inmate, alleging prison officials failed to supervise her attacker.
AAP · Apr 27, 2022 Man charged with Mokbel associate's murder Victoria Police have charged another man with the 2019 murder of Mitat Rasimi, a former associate of drug kingpin Tony Mokbel.