The underworld figure was picked up outside the Court of Appeal on Friday afternoon in a Mercedes-Benz and driven to his new home in Melbourne’s northeast.

Mokbel, 59, who was granted bail ahead of his Lawyer X appeal, has not tasted freedom since he was arrested in Greece in 2007.

Use of encrypted devices or software to communicate, including Signal, Telegram, Whatsapp and Snapchat is also banned for Mokbel and he cannot communicate with anyone overseas.

He must not leave metropolitan Melbourne or come within two kilometres of any port or airport.

The restrictions come after Mokbel skipped bail and fled to Greece in 2006 while on trial for a cocaine trafficking offence.

He was sentenced to 12 years’ jail in absentia but has since been acquitted on appeal.

His final drug trafficking convictions will be the subject of his final appeal, later this year.

The judges on Friday said he has a “strong case” to overturn those convictions, given the concealment of his former lawyer Nicola Gobbo as a police informer.