He was one of the biggest figures in Melbourne’s Underbelly. She was his lawyer. And, as it turns out, the biggest snitch of all.  

Tony Mokbel is widely regarded as the organiser of Melbourne’s methamphetamine business.

And in 2006 he became Australia’s most wanted man, escaping the country on a yacht bound for Greece. He was caught a year later, wearing what would become the most famous wig in Australian crime.

Beside him through all of it was Nicola Gobbo. A prominent Melbourne lawyer she acted for many of the underworld, including Carl Williams.

But unbeknown to them, she was simultaneously acting for another- Melbourne Police.

Years of informing on her clients earned her the nickname Lawyer X and the police several high-profile collars.

But she couldn’t stay secret for long. The scandal rocked Australia. Criminals started appealing convictions, on the basis Gobbo’s evidence was tainted.

Including Mokbel, in court this month appealing his sentence for serious drug charges.

Criminal lawyer Katherine Dowling joins Tim Clarke to comb through the history of Tony Mokbel and his extraordinary claims about the lawyer who used to defend him.  

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