Security clampdown for Mokbel return

                   
theage.com.au: Tony Mokbel at the time of his arrest in Greece. theage.com.au
theage.com.au     May 16, 2008            

FEDERAL authorities have drawn up secret contingency plans to ensure Australia's most wanted man, Tony Mokbel, is returned to Melbourne safely. The officers, from the federal and Victorian police, will not try to interview Mokbel on his long journey home as their sole mission is to bring him back... [read full story]                

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Australian fugitive returns to Melbourne amid tight security (AFP)

yahoo.com     May 17, 2008          

MELBOURNE (AFP) - Australia's most wanted fugitive landed in Melbourne on a flight from Greece amid tight security on Saturday, more than two years after fleeing his homeland. Convicted drug lord and accused murderer Tony Mokbel arrived in a Gulfstream jet chartered by Australian authorities to...                

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Australian drug suspect fugitive returns home to face prison sentence, killing charges

iht.com     May 17, 2008          

Australian fugitive Tony Mokbel arrived in his home country Saturday after being extradited from Greece and was taken immediately to a high-security prison to await trial for alleged drug trafficking and two killings. Mokbel arrived in a jet chartered by the Australian government and was...                

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Australian drug suspect fugitive returns home to face jail

gulfnews.com     May 17, 2008          

Melbourne: Australian fugitive Tony Mokbel arrived in his home country on Saturday after being extradited from Greece to face trial for alleged drug trafficking and killing. Mokbel arrived in a jet chartered by the Australian government. He was accompanied by a team of Victoria state and...                

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Mokbel back, faces court Tuesday (AAP)

yahoo.com     May 17, 2008          

Former fugitive Tony Mokbel will face murder and drugs charges in court on Tuesday after his two-year flight from Australian justice came to an end. Mokbel landed at Tullamarine airport in Melbourne about 1pm (AEST) after being extradited from Greece and was taken straight to maximum security at...                

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An armoured van, believed to be carrying fugitive Tony Mokbel, ...

yahoo.com     May 17, 2008          

An armoured van, believed to be carrying fugitive Tony Mokbel, arrives at Barwon Prison outside Melbourne May 17, 2008. Greece on Friday extradited Australia's most wanted fugitive, Mokbel, to face a murder investigation and serve out a 12-year drugs sentence imposed by an Australian court....                

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Mokbel due to appeal in court on Tuesday (AAP)

yahoo.com     May 18, 2008          

Returned fugitive Tony Mokbel will appear before Melbourne Magistrates' Court on Tuesday after spending his first night in an Australian jail since fleeing the country two years ago. Mokbel, 42, returned to Melbourne on Saturday from Athens in a specially chartered private aircraft, amid tight...                

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Australia's 'Fat Tony' Flies Home to Jail

epochtimes.com     May 18, 2008          

MELBOURNE —Like an episode from the hit mafia TV series the Sopranos, Australian mobster "Fat Tony" has finally been extradited from Greece to serve his 12 year jail sentence for cocaine trafficking in Melbourne. Antonio Mokbel, the country's most wanted criminal, arrived on board a chartered...                

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'We've spoken', says Mokbel's ex-lawyer (AAP)

yahoo.com     May 18, 2008          

The former lawyer for Tony Mokbel has lashed out at public comments made about the recaptured fugitive since his enforced return to Australia, describing them as "highly disparaging". Melbourne lawyer Mirko Bagaric said he has spoken with the 42-year-old since his arrival in Australia on Saturday...                

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