Who’s who in Kazem Hamad’s twisted web

Kazem Hamad’s status in Melbourne’s underworld can be assessed by his range of loyal allies and despised enemies – names including George Marrogi and Toby Mitchell.

Kazem Hamad’s status in Melbourne’s underworld can be assessed by his range of loyal allies and despised enemies.

Hamad – known as Kaz to one and all – has mixed it with the biggest names in Middle-eastern organised crime for many years.

Among them are dangerous figures who remain at the top of the MEOC tree, some who are in prison and others lost to the violence which is an occupational hazard of their world.

These are some of those friends and foes.