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| Founded | 1970s |
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| Founding location | Carlton |
| Years active | 1970s−Present |
| Territory | Various neighbourhoods in Melbourne |
| Ethnicity | Mainly people of Italian ancestry |
| Membership | 50-100 associates (2000s) |
| Criminal activities | Racketeering, murder, illegal gambling, extortion, fraud, pimping, money laundering, loan sharking, drug trafficking, bribery |
| Allies | Moran and Pettingill families, Radev Bratva |
| Rivals | Williams Syndicate, Honoured Society |
The Carlton Crew is a criminal organisation based in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, established and formed in 1970 and possibly earlier by the mid 1960s by the first Carlton crew boss Gino Rosace and he named it after the Melbourne suburb in which it is based, Lygon Street, Carlton, commonly called "Little Italy". The organisation was a fierce rival to the Honoured Society and the Calabrese Family, both of which were Calabrian 'Ndrangheta groups also based in Melbourne, and were additionally allies of the mostly Irish Moran family. The Carlton Crew had a strong role in the infamous Melbourne gangland killings.