Fat Tony & Co
The true story of Tony Mokbel; how he grew entangled with the country’s most notorious underworld figures, how he built his massive fortune, and how he became a fugitive on a yacht bound for Greece, desperate to escape mounting criminal law battles.
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In the opening episode of this nine-part series dramatizing the manhunt of Australian drug kingpin Tony Mokbel, Detective Inspector Jim O'Brien observes Mokbel as the Carlton Crew contend with internal affairs. Meanwhile, Carl Williams vows revenge on the Morans after being injured in a skirmish with them.
Tony and the Carlton Crew import a huge hash shipment; the Victoria Drug Squad shares intelligence with Australian Federal Police agent Jarrod Ragg in a bid to bring down Mokbel and the Carlton Crew.
Tony is afraid for his own safety when a campaign of terror is unleashed by one of his main competitors. Tony begins to think of other career paths.
When a hitman alleges Tony is involved in murder, Tony decides to skip bail and become Australia's most wanted man. Tony takes a massive gamble when he recruits a pair of cleanskins to run his drug empire while he is on the run.
After skipping bail, Tony hatches a risky plan to flee Australia and start a new life in Greece. With Tony on the run, the fight is on for control of his drug empire. The police face a wall of silence in their search for Fat Tony.
Tony fights sea-sickness as he sails from Perth to Athens to avoid capture by the police. Tony's pregnant girlfriend is followed by police as she travels through Europe to meet him. The police manhunt finally gets a break-through.
Tony attempts to create a new drug empire whilst hiding in Athens, unaware that Detective Sergeant Jim Coghlan and Australian Federal Police agent Jarrod Ragg have arrived in Greece to work with the local Athens police - known as The Incorruptibles - to arrest Tony and return him to face justice in Australia.
While Tony fights extradition in Athens, police swoop on his drug operations in Australia.
In this final episode, Tony has a major victory against the police, but suspects his former mate Carl Williams has betrayed him. Carl's double-dealings with the police backfire when he is brutally murdered by a fellow inmate. Judy Moran takes revenge on Des 'Tuppence' Moran with disastrous consequences. The police finally close in on Tony as he plays his last hand but it appears he is 'drawing dead'.
