Breaking: Former Melbourne organised crime kingpin sentenced to life in Iraq prison
Kazem Hamad, a former Melbourne organised crime kingpin who was deported to Iraq in 2023, has been sentenced to life in jail by an Iraqi court after being convicted of drug trafficking.
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