If released,Mokbel will be free for the first time since 2007,when he was famously arrested in Greece disguised in a wig.
More businesses with ties to bikies and the underworld have been revealed as the gangland corruption scandal deepens.
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.
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.
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.
Violence in Melbourne dramatically escalated as the enemies of the underworld’s most hunted man viciously targeted his loved ones and associates.
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.
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.
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.
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.