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Mokbel wearing a wig at the time of his arrest in Greece.

Crooks who zigged when they should have zagged

He remembered to floss but forgot to duck. Here’s our list of 10 of the underworld’s biggest blunders.

  • John Silvester

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Nicola Gobbo (left) with Tony Mokbel outside court in 2004.

Lawyer X Nicola Gobbo selling Melbourne apartment

The barrister-turned-informer is selling her bayside apartment while in hiding, as a verdict looms in her compensation suit against the state.

  • Sherryn Groch
Faruk Orman, flanked by his lawyers, walks free from the Supreme Court in July 2019.

Melbourne gangland’s relief as underworld figures dodge witness box on eve of Lawyer X trial

Faruk Orman’s settlement with his ex-lawyer, Nicola Gobbo, has stopped his compensation trial from calling up witnesses such as Mick Gatto.

  • Chris Vedelago and Cameron Houston
Former Purana taskforce chief detective Jim O’Brien (centre) outside court in 2012.

Police officers involved in ‘criminal enterprise’ in Lawyer X scandal unmasked

Two police officers found by a court to be part of a “joint criminal enterprise” with Lawyer X to manipulate the justice system and put drug kingpin Tony Mokbel behind bars have lost a legal battle to keep their identities secret.

  • Marta Pascual Juanola and Erin Pearson
Tony Mokbel arrives at a police station in Melbourne this week.

Why gangland figure Tony Mokbel’s drug trafficking conviction could be overturned

A gangland lawyer became a police informer, but the bad guys got what they deserved, right? Yet, this alleged perversion could see Mokbel cleared.

  • Tammy Mills
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
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Overland, police gave unreliable, dishonest evidence, judge finds in scathing Lawyer X ruling

A judge’s finding that former chief commissioner Simon Overland and other police were deliberately dishonest about their dealings with Nicola Gobbo is a boost to Tony Mokbel’s bid to have his convictions quashed.

  • Cameron Houston, Marta Pascual Juanola, Sherryn Groch and Erin Pearson
Tony Mokbel being led into court on in November.

Corrupt police fight to keep names a secret following Tony Mokbel bombshell

Two police officers found to have formed a criminal conspiracy with Lawyer X to manipulate a witness are fighting to keep their names a secret.

  • Erin Pearson and Brittany Busch
Faruk Orman was freed because the case against him was tainted by barrister Nicola Gobbo’s dirty dealing.

Underworld figure Faruk Orman wins up to $1m payout over Nicola Gobbo betrayal

The man who had his conviction for being the getaway driver in a gangland killing overturned because of the Lawyer X scandal has reached a settlement with Victoria Police.

  • Chris Vedelago and Cameron Houston
Tony Mokbel being led into court on Monday.

Pass the pita: Where does the Mokbel fiasco go from here?

Retrial, deal, compensation? John Silvester on what could happen in the Tony Mokbel saga.

  • John Silvester

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