Lawyer X

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Label

Lawyer X

Statement of responsibility

Anthony Dowsley, Patrick Carlyon

Creator

• trueDowsley, Anthony

Contributor

• trueCarlyon, Patrick, 1972-

Author

• trueDowsley, Anthony
• trueCarlyon, Patrick, 1972-

Subject

• Criminals -- Victoria | Melbourne
• trueDrug traffic
• trueGangs
• Gangsters -- Australia | Melbourne (Vic.)
• Gangsters -- Victoria | Melbourne
• Gobbo, Nicola
• trueInformers
• Informers -- Australia | Melbourne (Vic.)
• trueInformers -- Biography
• Informers -- Victoria | Melbourne
• trueMelbourne, Victoria
• trueMurder
• trueAustralia
• Organised crime -- Victoria | Melbourne
• trueOrganized crime
• trueSecrets
• True crime stories
• True crime stories -- Australia
• trueViolent crimes
• trueWomen defense attorneys
• trueWomen lawyers -- Biography
• Organised crime -- Australia | Melbourne (Vic.)
• trueCorruption
• Criminals -- Australia | Melbourne (Vic.)

Genre

• True crime stories
• trueBiography

Language

eng

Summary

Lawyer X is the definitive story of Melbourne's gangland wars and its most glamorous and compelling central character, based on the ground-breaking work of investigative journalists Anthony Dowsley and Patrick Carlyon. Melbourne's gangland war was an era dominated by murders, stings, hits, drug busts, corruption and greed - inspiring bestselling books and even a popular TV series, Underbelly. It took the police a decade to curtail the violence and bring down criminal kingpins Carl Williams, Tony Mokbel and their accomplices. When the police finally closed the case file, just how they really won the war, with the help of an unlikely police informer, would become a closely guarded secret and its exposure, the biggest legal scandal of our time. Lawyer X is the scandalous, true story of how a promising defence barrister from a privileged background broke all the rules - becoming both police informer and her client's lover - sharing their secrets and shaping the gangland war that led to sensational arrests and convictions. The story of how Nicola Gobbo became Lawyer X, and why, is a compelling study in desperation and determination

Biography type

contains biographical information

Cataloging source

YDX

Dewey number

364.1

Illustrations

• illustrations
• portraits
• plates

Index

no index present

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography