As bullets flew and crims turned on their own during Melbourne’s gangland conflict, the police had an unlikely but powerful weapon. Secretly, one woman shaped the course of the underworld war — now her betrayals are set to bring the legal system to its knees.
How did a secret police file which exposed Nicola Gobbo’s former client Terry Hodson as an informer end up in the hands of the Melbourne underworld?
When they laid drug kingpin Carl Williams to rest the truth about several unsolved gangland murders were buried with him. Did he also take secrets about Nicola Gobbo to the grave?
Drug baron, daring fugitive and wig wearer Tony Mokbel was always making deals — it didn’t matter if it was drugs, properties or jail sentences. Now he’s eyeing off the biggest deal of his life.
Broke drug lord Tony Mokbel will have the cost of appealing his conviction covered by the taxpayer as the five-year saga drags on.
A court will decide if Victoria Police can hand over secret documents to a special investigator, as the force is probed over the Lawyer X scandal.
The first man to have his conviction quashed over the Lawyer X scandal is suing Nicola Gobbo for helping send him to jail.
Carl Williams became a marked man when he began his transition from gangland boss to supergrass — but questions about his murder remain.
Convicted killer Bandali Debs has told a court lawyer Nicola Gobbo told him to plead self-defence over the Silk-Miller police shootings.
Gangland boss Tony Mokbel’s potential freedom hangs on one small legal bill — and it could be the best small change the drug kingpin has ever spent.
Tony Mokbel’s lawyer has accused the state’s top prosecution of not “seeking the truth’’ over the Lawyer X scandal.
Victoria Police’s top lawyer has been cleared over his role in the Lawyer X scandal, despite a royal commission claiming he “persistently” failed in his professional duties over the saga.
As convicted drug lord Rob Karam appeals to be freed from jail, top prosecutors will be probed over what they knew about the police informer who helped get him locked up.
Victoria Police is spending millions to keep lawyer-turned-snitch Nicola Gobbo hidden in Australia, with a claim they also threatened to take her kids as leverage to keep her quiet.
Tony Mokbel’s barrister has accused Victoria Police of weighing down the drug lord’s bid for freedom in a “quagmire” of delays.
Police want to keep Tony Mokbel and his legal team blind to sensitive information as the drug tsar fights his trafficking convictions.
Jailed killer Matthew Johnson is digging for a photo of prison guards with Victoria’s most notorious police informer as he fights his conviction for murdering Carl Williams.
Tony Mokbel and his legal team have hit out at prosecutors as his bid to walk free from jail languishes in the court system.
The retired high court justice probing the Lawyer X fiasco will be given powers to examine whether police officers should face criminal charges.
The explosive Lawyer X scandal has triggered a tough new law that aims to end police’s ability to hide “relevant’’ information.
Jailed mafia don Rocco Arico has seized on this surprising piece of evidence in his bid to catch out his lawyer and a make a bid for freedom.
She helped police lock him up when she became a snitch but now Lawyer X, Nicola Gobbo, has been asked to give evidence in drug lord Rob Karam’s appeal.
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