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From gangland to Northland: What Tony Mokbel did on his first morning of freedom

The drug kingpin who once had his own fashion label opted for low-key sportswear, knowing the new accessory on his ankle – an electronic monitoring bracelet – would catch enough attention.

  • Sherryn Groch

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Tony Mokbel arriving to court on Tuesday.

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
The West Gate Tunnel project in Melbourne.

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
Mark Mladenich, left, and his late brother Richard, who was murdered in St Kilda in 2000.

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
Jeff Pope serves The Age democracy sausages at AEC hq in Melbourne.

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
Mourners carry the casket of slain underworld figure Sam Abdulrahim at the Alawi Islamic Association in Epping on Thursday.

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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The Melbourne underworld’s most hunted man – Sam “The Punisher” Abdulrahim.

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
They might not be the typical clientele of luxury boutiques but underworld bosses are spending big on luxury - from Richard Mille watches to Prada handbags.

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
Kazem Hamad.

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
John Khoury (left) and Mohammed ‘Mo’ Abou-Eid feature in a secret report that digs into how ASX-listed company Dubber lost $26.6 million in cash.

‘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

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