In Melbourne, few names carry the weight of Mick Gatto.

For decades, he’s been known as a survivor of the gangland wars, a man whose influence has stretched from the city’s underworld into the heart of the construction industry.

This week, police raided his home. Gatto and his wife were arrested, then released without charge. He said it was all over a driving infringement. Police say they’re investigating alleged financial offences.

But the raid has landed in the middle of a much larger fight over corruption, intimidation and alleged underworld influence inside Victoria’s building sector.

Today, investigative reporter Nick McKenzie on Mick Gatto, corruption in the construction industry, and the reckoning now facing Victoria’s Big Build.

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