The Nicola Gobbo,Lawyer X scandal explained
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The Nicola Gobbo,Lawyer X scandal explained

Who is Nicola Gobbo? What did she do? Why was it so bad? And what has the royal commission's final report found?

  • byTammy Mills

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Clean Zlate:Mokbel trafficker's conviction quashed in wake of Gobbo scandal

Clean Zlate:Mokbel trafficker's conviction quashed in wake of Gobbo scandal

The conviction of a drug trafficker linked to the Mokbel cartel has been quashed in the Court of Appeal.

  • byChris Vedelago andTammy Mills
Mokbel'very anxious'to appeal Gobbo-tarnished conviction,court told

Mokbel'very anxious'to appeal Gobbo-tarnished conviction,court told

Jailed crime boss will have to wait longer than he hoped for his chance to challenge his convictions on the basis of past association with notorious ex-lawyer.

  • byAdam Cooper
'You may think you're heroes':Judge slams men over Mokbel shivving
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'You may think you're heroes':Judge slams men over Mokbel shivving

Young men who left drug kingpin Tony Mokbel for dead in frenzied jailyard knifing told by judge to pull their heads in or end up drug-addled,lonely old men.

  • byGeorgie Moore
Accused Mokbel money launderer linked to $10m bid to clean hands
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Accused Mokbel money launderer linked to $10m bid to clean hands

A bankrupt underworld figure accused of cleaning money for drug kingpin Tony Mokbel is understood to have raised $10 million in funding for an ASX-listed company making a bid to sanitise the hands of the world.

  • byCameron Houston
Mokbel stabber felt'underlying anger'after family missed jail visit

Mokbel stabber felt'underlying anger'after family missed jail visit

A forensic psychologist told the County Court she had diagnosed PTSD in one of drug boss Tony Mokbel's jail-yard attackers.

  • bySimone Fox Koob
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'Never in a million years':the sergeant who tracked Mokbel and Gobbo
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'Never in a million years':the sergeant who tracked Mokbel and Gobbo

The story of Tony Mokbel and his lawyer Nicola Gobbo may be about to air on TV,but that doesn't mean there's going to be a happy ending for either of them.

  • byJohn Silvester
Mokbel nephew bailed after he gets 14 days for staying mum on killing
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Mokbel nephew bailed after he gets 14 days for staying mum on killing

Anthony Mokbel has been granted bail as he appeals a two-week sentence for refusing to answer police questions about a fatal shooting at a boxing match.

  • byGeorgie Moore
Gobbo claims ex-cop added man's murder confession to her statement

Gobbo claims ex-cop added man's murder confession to her statement

Lawyer-turned-snitch Nicola Gobbo has accused a senior police figure of doctoring a witness statement provided under her name,raising corruption allegations at the centre of the most expensive investigation in Victoria Police history.

  • byChip Le Grand andTammy Mills
Heard but unseen,Nicola Gobbo fronts royal commission from afar

Heard but unseen,Nicola Gobbo fronts royal commission from afar

After a year of legal argument,wrangling,prevarication and obfuscation,former police snitch has begun testifying to the royal commission of her own making.

  • byChip Le Grand
Tony Mokbel issues'genuine,credible'threat against police officer
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Tony Mokbel issues'genuine,credible'threat against police officer

From his jail cell,the"increasingly erratic"crime boss Tony Mokbel has threatened the life of one of the senior police officers involved in his prosecution.

  • byA staff reporter