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Informer 3838

Produced by Screentime

Executive Producer: Rory Callaghan
Producers: Kerrie Mainwaring, Anna Molyneaux
Writers: William Lawrence, Matt Ford
Directors: Ben Lucas, Geoff Bennett

Airied: April 20 & 27, 2020 (Nine)

Informer 3838 is based on the sensational story of Nicola Gobbo who was the go-to defence lawyer in Melbourne’s deadly gangland wars, rubbing shoulders with the likes of Carl Williams, Tony Mokbel, the Morans and the Carlton Crew while she acted as a police informer on her own clients. While Nicola Gobbo knew the underworld’s dirty secrets, they had no idea of hers. She played both sides and risked everything to double-cross many of Australia’s most notorious gangsters. Informer 3838 goes behind the headlines to show how Nicola Gobbo’s secret double life helped police win the gangland wars, which triggered a Royal Commission and left her in fear of her life.