Tony Mokbel

Tony Mokbel
Mokbel, wearing a wig, after his arrest in Greece
Born
Antonios Sajih Mokbel

(1965-08-11) 11 August 1965 (age 59)
Kuwait[1]
Criminal statusImprisoned (Australia)
Conviction(s)Drug trafficking, drug importation
Criminal penalty30 years imprisonment

Antonios Sajih Mokbel (Arabic: طوني مقبل; born 11 August 1965) is an Australian criminal who has been convicted of a number of offences, most prominently commercial drug trafficking.[2] He has spent most of his life in Melbourne, Australia.[3] Operation Purana alleged that he is the mastermind behind the Melbourne amphetamine trade.[citation needed] He has been linked to Carl Williams,[citation needed] and charged but not convicted of two murders in the Melbourne gangland war.[2] He disappeared from Melbourne while on trial in March 2006, and was arrested by Greek police in Athens on 5 June 2007.[4] Since being brought back to Australia he has remained incarcerated.[5]

  1. ^ O'Loughlin, Ed (22 April 2006). "Meet the Mokbels at home in Lebanon". Melbourne: The Age. Archived from the original on 6 March 2009. Retrieved 9 July 2008.
  2. ^ a b Fogarty, Daniel (19 April 2011). "Mokbel admits heading drug syndicate". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 23 January 2022.
  3. ^ Oakes, Dan (3 July 2012). "How Tony turned bad". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
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