The Carlton Crew

The Carlton Crew
Founded1970s
Founding locationCarlton
Years active1970s−Present
TerritoryVarious neighbourhoods in Melbourne
EthnicityMainly people of Italian ancestry
Membership50-100 associates (2000s)
Criminal activitiesRacketeering, murder, illegal gambling, extortion, fraud, pimping, money laundering, loan sharking, drug trafficking, bribery
AlliesMoran and Pettingill families, Radev Bratva
RivalsWilliams 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.