<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Here is a look at the life of Tony Mokbel, 59, one of Australia's most notorious crime figures.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><h2><span>Early life</span></h2></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Born Antonios Sajih Mokbel in Kuwait to Lebanese parents in 1965, his family migrated to Australia when he was eight.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Grew up in poverty in Melbourne's northern suburbs.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>As a teenager, started out working at his brother's pizza shop but within six years became the head of a multi-million dollar drug empire.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/donald-trump-liberation-day-sweeping-trump-tariffs-draw-dismay-calls-for-talks-from-countries-around-the-globe/59829db4-0d5b-45f2-9e4f-2d042005032b" rel="" target="_blank" title="Trump tariffs shock global economy as leaders weigh retaliation"><strong><span>Trump tariffs shock global economy as leaders weigh retaliation</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><h2><span>Early convictions</span></h2></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/tony-mokbel-life-and-times-of-gangland-figure/e372bd7f-ae68-4d00-b502-a7709cdaae75" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>Early 1980s:</span></strong><span> Mokbel convicted of a variety of offences, including assaults, threats to kill, resisting arrest, possessing a gun.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>1992:</span></strong><span> Sentenced to 12 months for trying to bribe a County Court judge.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>1998:</span></strong><span> Convicted for amphetamine manufacturing.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><h2><span>Escape to Greece, drug trafficking and murder charges</span></h2></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>March 2006:</span></strong><span> Mokbel disappears while on bail during a trial over the importation of 2kg of cocaine and sentenced in absentia to 12 years in prison, a minimum of nine.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>December 24, 2006:</span></strong><span> Arrives in Greece after fleeing Australia on a yacht he hid in rural in Victoria for eight months before driving to Western Australia to make his escape.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/two-arrested-melbourne-mcg-allegedly-bringing-guns-refusing-to-leave/5bbf1e4f-a9cd-4331-ab9c-44aaa6dae20a" rel="" target="_blank" title="Men charged after allegedly carrying loaded guns into AFL match at the MCG"><strong><span>Men charged after allegedly carrying loaded guns into AFL match at the MCG</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>February 2007:</span></strong><span> Charged over the 2004 murder of gangland patriarch Lewis Moran.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>June 2007:</span></strong><span> Arrested at a cafe in Athens and police apply to extradite him to Australia, later that month charged with a second murder - of kickboxer Michael Marshall in 2003.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>2009:</span></strong><span> The Marshall murder charge against Mokbel is dropped by prosecutors and a trial over the Lewis Moran murder begins, however a jury finds him not guilty of that murder.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>2011:</span></strong><span> Mokbel pleads guilty to two counts of trafficking a large commercial quantity of drugs, and details of his former murder charges are revealed after a suppression order is lifted.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>2012:</span></strong><span> Jailed for drug trafficking for 30 years with a minimum of 22 years on parole.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/luke-simon-man-jailed-for-31-years-for-killing-daughters-fiance/a6ce38dd-4368-4df8-81f6-5d602c5d6f69"><strong><span>CCTV captures chilling moment before man kills daughter's fiance</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><h2><span>Mokbel's appeals</span></h2></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>2017:</span></strong><span> Mokbel files his first application to appeal his drug convictions.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>2019:</span></strong><span> Stabbed in Barwon Prison and taken to hospital, suffering a brain injury, the same year his former barrister Nicola Gobbo is publicly outed as a Victoria Police informer.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>2020:</span></strong><span> Appeal court quashes Mokbel's cocaine conviction after prosecutors concede there had been a miscarriage of justice due to him being represented by Gobbo, his sentence and conviction set aside and a retrial is ordered.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>2021:</span></strong><span> Prosecutors file a notice of discontinuance for the cocaine trafficking retrial.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>2023:</span></strong><span> Mokbel's total head sentence sentence is revised from 30 years with a minimum of 22 years, to 26 years with a non-parole of 20 years.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>2024:</span></strong><span> NSW Justice Fullerton issues a judgment on legal questions ahead of his appeal of remaining drug trafficking charges, where she says police and Gobbo perverted the course of justice in a joint criminal enterprise to take Mokbel down.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>April 1, 2025:</span></strong><span> Applies for bail on appeal due to delays in his long-awaited Lawyer X legal challenge being heard, the strength of his case and his poor physical health in custody.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>April 4, 2025:</span></strong><span> Three judges will decide whether Mokbel will be released on bail, his first taste of freedom since his arrest in Greece 18 years ago.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/how-to-follow-9news-digital/29855bb1-ad3d-4c38-bc25-3cb52af1216f" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>DOWNLOAD THE 9NEWS APP</span></em></strong></a><strong><em><span>: Stay across all the latest in breaking news, sport, politics and the weather via our news app and get notifications sent straight to your smartphone. 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