Melbourne gangland
Drug kingpin Tony Mokbel wants to taste freedom for the first time in 18 years
If released, Mokbel will be free for the first time since 2007, when he was famously arrested in Greece disguised in a wig.
- Erin Pearson and Chris Vedelago
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- Building Bad
Companies on public projects exposed in CFMEU federal police probe
More businesses with ties to bikies and the underworld have been revealed as the gangland corruption scandal deepens.
- Nick McKenzie and Sarah Danckert
- Analysis
- Naked City
The unsolved murder that started an underworld war
An execution on May 16, 2000, wasn’t exactly headline news – but it was the first murder that began the Underbelly crime war, which would result in 16 killings over 10 years.
- John Silvester
This cop found himself at the centre of the Lawyer X scandal. Now he’s running the next election
Jeff Pope might have fronted the media plenty of times for Victoria Police but he’s never really talked about himself – or his run ins with Nicola Gobbo. Until now.
- Sherryn Groch
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- Crime
Weeping mourners farewell ‘The Punisher’ in golden casket after underworld ambush
The funeral procession for slain gangster Sam Abdulrahim – killed in a daylight shooting in Melbourne’s north this week – was led by a formation of Harley-Davidsons, ahead of a cavalcade of luxury vehicles.
- Cameron Houston, Marta Pascual Juanola, Lachlan Abbott and Hannah Hammoud
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- Crime
While ‘The Punisher’ was in hiding, his friends were in the firing line
Violence in Melbourne dramatically escalated as the enemies of the underworld’s most hunted man viciously targeted his loved ones and associates.
- Chris Vedelago
Watches worth $3m, Hermes bags and Lego: The underworld’s new currency
Police are finding treasure troves of designer watches and handbags at drug labs and stash houses. Here’s why luxury beats laundry in the underworld.
- Sherryn Groch and Chris Vedelago
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- Organised crime
He’s one of Australia’s most wanted criminals. This is why he’s untouchable
Police suspect Kazem Hamad is directing the Melbourne tobacco war firebombings, shootings and drug trafficking from Iraq. We reveal why they can’t bring him back to face justice.
- Chris Vedelago and Marta Pascual Juanola
‘Cash for the boys’: How underworld figures pulled the strings at ASX-listed company
Earlier this year, technology group Dubber found $26.6 million of its cash reserves was missing. Text messages and a ledger of a gangland lawyer’s trust account allege the money was paid out to an array of colourful characters.
- Sarah Danckert and Carla Jaeger
Rich man, poor man, gangland, parmesan: Melbourne’s constantly shifting suburb
Perched on the edge of Melbourne’s CBD, Carlton has risen and fallen with the city’s fortunes. After the gangland war, it is forging a new path.
- David Estcourt
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