In the days before drug kingpin Tony Mokbel vanished mid-trial, fleeing to Greece, his lawyer Nicola Gobbo told police to keep a close eye on him – and at the same time secretly encouraged him to escape.
It was a method perfected by South American cocaine cartels: two motorcycle pillion passengers armed with shotguns were to ride alongside the vehicle in Melbourne – and gun down the police witness.
Underworld killer Carl Williams warned Tony Mokbel not to trust his barrister-turned-informant Nicola Gobbo. Mokbel was arrested at an Athens coffee shop in Glifatha June 2007, and said that his lawyer Nicola Gobbo advised him to flee overseas.
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