gangland: Lawyer-turned-informer Nicola Gobbo approached the Australian Federal Police in 1998 while representing Horty Mokbel as his solicitor, a royal commission was told on Wednesday, according to Nine News Australia. The approach came years before she was informing on her clients during Melbourne's gangland war from 2005. To improve your experience update it X 'offered client info to AFP'By AAP3 03pm Nov 27, 'Lawyer X' tried to snitch on Tony Mokbel's brother to federal police but was deemed untrustworthy a royal commission has been told. She approached two agents after Horty Mokbel was charged with fraud and met with them at the Celtic Club in Melbourne's CBD. At the meeting the solicitor brought up morality and ethics in relation to police and lawyers, lawyer Andrew Woods told the inquiry. But the agents decided Ms Gobbo was untrustworthy . Related Articles Christmas terror plotters sentenced to 38 years in prison Craig McLachlan's alleged text to victim revealed Toby Greene's estranged father sentenced to nine months in prison The members considered Ms Gobbo to be untrustworthy and were of the view that she was seeking to elicit information from the AFP. The members did not contemplate using Ms Gobbo as a human source, a letter provided to the commission read. Ms Gobbo alluded to possible information she could provide to the AFP and expressed concerns regarding the protection of her identity in official records, he said.
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