Bigwig: The Remarkable Rise and Fall of Tony Mokbel

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Finally the story of Tony Mokbel can be told. Top crime writer Liam Houlihan documents the extraordinary rise and fall of the man they call Fat Tony, from his ascension in the drug trade to the decade-long and only-now-complete struggle to hold Mokbel to account for his crimes. Houlihan explores the political intrigue and public embarrassment arising from the daring and complex escape by public enemy number one out from under the noses of the authorities, through to the way in which wealthy criminals with access to the top lawyers are able to exploit the system and delay justice. With exclusive interviews with top cops and Mokbel family members - and a cast of characters from Zarah Garde-Wilson to Carl and Roberta Williams, Mick Gatto to Chopper Reed and Judy Moran - it's a stranger-than-fiction story of sex, pills, perfidy and pizza.

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Liam Houlihan is currently the crime reporter with the Sunday Herald Sun. An award-winning journalist and qualified lawyer he has reported from New York for the New York Post, Washington DC as part of the press pool, Sri Lanka after the tsunami and around Australia. His crime stories are syndicated throughout News Limiteds national papers.