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A key figure linked to the alleged drug trafficking empire of George Marrogi is hiding out in Lebanon amid claims millions of dollars of the syndicate’s illicit profits have disappeared.

Under proposed new laws, Victoria Police would have the discretion to use lawyers, journalists and priests as registered informants.

Lying bloody and helpless after a jailhouse stabbing in 2019, Tony Mokbel must have thought he actually might die behind bars. He returns to court again on Money.

Victoria Police has moved to block any compensation for Faruk Orman, whose murder conviction was quashed in 2019 because of the role played by barrister-turned-police-informer Nicola Gobbo.

Tomato tins drug trafficker John Higgs denied bail as he appeals against conviction By Zalika Rizmal and Meagan Dillon © Provided by ABC NEWS John Higgs is seeking bail while his appeal is heard. (Supplied) The Supreme Court has denied bail to a drug trafficker linked to police informer Nicola Gobbo, while he appeals against his conviction. Barrister-turned-police informer Nicola Gobbo was the first lawyer to visit drug trafficker John Higgs when he was arrested for the so-c...

Advertisement Tony Mokbel’s appeal against drug trafficking convictions could be held within six months and will be spearheaded by the same barrister whose success in the High Court led to George Pell’s acquittal and release from prison. Mokbel is serving a 30-year prison term but argues his convictions are tainted because his case was corrupted by the involvement of Nicola Gobbo, who acted as a barrister for the crime boss while also snitching on clients as a registered police inform...

Former Gobbo clients wait on key documents ahead of appeal hearings We’re sorry, this service is currently unavailable. Please try again later. Dismiss Normal text size Advertisement Jailed drug traffickers who are appealing against their convictions because of their involvements with barrister-turned-informer Nicola Gobbo are still waiting for police to hand over documents they suspect could be crucial in their legal fights. Four former clients of Ms Gobbo, who was their lawyer while snitchi...

19:03 EDT, 19 December 2020 115 shares Melbourne underworld drug lord Tony Mokbel could be eligible a huge payout for seized assets after charges were overturned.  A legal loophole could allow the drug kingin, 55 to apply for compensation for more than $20million in property, luxury cars and cash seized by police almost two decades ago. It follows the Court of Appeals decision last week to quash Mokbels 2006 drug trafficking conviction after accepting he did not get a fair trial due to med...

Advertisement One of the men nabbed over the infamous tomato tins ecstasy haul has failed to overturn his conviction after he appealed partly due to the involvement of barrister-turned-informer Nicola Gobbo in his case. Jan Visser was jailed for at least eight years in 2014 after being found guilty of conspiring to possess 15 million ecstasy tablets stashed in tomato tins shipped on the MV Monica from Italy in 2007. Jan Visser (right) seen in an AFP surveillance photo in Melbourne with crime fi...

comments Jan Visser is serving 11 years behind bars for his role in the tomato tins drug haul The drug syndicate conspied to import a shipment of more than 15 million pills  The shipment of ecstasy pills was imported inside tomato tins from Italy in 2007  Visser appealed on the basis lawyer Nicola Gobbo had meddled in his trial  Gobbo provided police with the bill of lading that led to the arrest of dozens Vissers appeal was knocked back on Friday by the Supreme Court of Appeal   The fir...