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Antonios Sajih 'Tony' Mokbel (Arabic: طوني مقبل) (born 11 August 1965) is a Kuwaiti-born Australian criminal of Lebanese descent, who has been convicted for a number of offences, most prominently commercial drug trafficking. He is of Lebanese descent, but spent most of his life in Melbourne, Australia. Mokbel was a fugitive until his recapture in Athens, Greece on 5 June 2007. Operation Purana allege that he is the mastermind behind the Melbourne amphetamines trade. He has been linked to Carl Williams, as well as the killing of several victims of the Melbourne gangland war. He disappeared from Melbourne while on trial in March 2006, and was arrested by Greek police in Athens, Greece on 5 June 2007.〔(Disguised Mokbel grabbed at seaside cafe ) - ''The Age'', 2007-06-06〕 Prior to his arrest, there was a $1 million bounty for information leading to his capture.〔($1m on crime boss Tony's head ) - ''Sydney Morning Herald'', 2007-04-10〕 According to Victoria Police, this reward still stands for the person who tipped off the police on his whereabouts.〔($1m Mokbel reward up for grabs ) - ''The Age'', 2007-06-06〕 ==Allegations== It has been alleged that in late 2002 there was a meeting of more than 10 Melbourne organised crime figures in Carlton. At that meeting it is said that Mokbel was beaten, nearly to death, by Nik 'The Russian' Radev's bodyguard, Western Australian Troy Mercanti, who was a member of the Coffin Cheaters motorcycle gang.〔(Melbourne’s fatal gang wars came to Perth, court told ) - ''The West Australian'', 2006-09-21〕 Andrew 'Benji' Veniamin was ordered by his then close associate, Dominic 'Mick' Gatto, to take Mokbel to a female doctor. In the following couple of weeks Mick Gatto was told that Veniamin and Mokbel became close allies. He was reported to have paid convicted murderers, Keith Faure and Evangelos Goussis, A$150,000 for the murder of Lewis Moran, the 23rd victim of the Melbourne gangland killings.〔(A$150,000 to kill crime boss ) - ''Sydney Morning Herald'', 2006-05-03〕 Mokbel has been investigated by Operation Purana. He has also been charged with the murder of drug syndicate patriarch Lewis Moran, who was gunned down in 2004 in the front bar of the Brunswick Club in Sydney Road, Brunswick.〔(Mokbel on Moran murder charge ) - ''The Australian'', 2007-02-28〕 Mokbel was alleged to have laundered over A$2 million through At the Top of the Town, a high profile Melbourne CBD brothel which he purchased through a business associate. One of Mokbel's amphetamine producers also ran a brothel in the Melbourne south eastern suburbs whilst another Mokbel gang member who trafficked large amounts of drugs for Mokbel also ran a brothel.〔("Business washed drug cash" by Keith Moor ) ''Herald Sun 2007-04-30'',"The Industrial Vagina "Chapter 8: The State as a Pimp, p189" by Sheila Jeffreys"〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Tony Mokbel」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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