Tony Mokbel, 55, was arrested in Greece in June 2007 after giving vital clues regarding his whereabouts during a phone call home after a friend passed away, claims a source from the underworld.
The drug baron fled Australia to Europe on a boat while on trial for cocaine smuggling. This was followed by an international manhunt, but police finally found Mokbel after tapping his phone lines and getting important clues from a phone conversation between him and Joe Mansour.
Informer 3030, a police snitch, had given authorities a list of phone numbers to track Mokbel and was rewarded with $1 million for his role in finding him.
Mokbel gave away important information when he called to offer condolences to a man named David after his father, Max, died of a heart attack.
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Ms Gobbo, Melbourne’s Lawyer X, was also crucial to dismantling Mokbel’s drug syndicate and recapturing Mokbel in Greece. The Herald Sun reported that former chief commissioner Simon Overland said, “She had for example, played a pivotal role in the dismantling of the Mokbel drug syndicate and the ultimate recapture of Mokbel in Greece.”
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Ms Gobbo had been invited by Mokbel to go to Greece with him, and she gave details to police.