Carlton Crew
| Founded | 1970s |
|---|---|
| Founding location | Carlton |
| Years active | 1970s−2006 |
| Territory | Various neighborhoods in Melbourne |
| Ethnicity | Mainly people of Italian and Irish 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 was a criminal organization based in Melbourne, Victoria.
It was formed in the late 1970s by FSPDU's enforcers and independent racketeers and named after the Melbourne suburb in which it is based, Lygon Street, Carlton, commonly called "Little Italy". The organisation had a strong rivalry with the Honoured Society and the Calabrese Family, both of which were Calabrian 'Ndrangheta groups also based in Melbourne. The Carlton Crew had a strong role in the infamous Melbourne gangland killings.
The group included convicted criminals Graham Kinniburgh, Mick Gatto and Jason Moran. Gangitano was arrested several times for minor offences in the late 1970s and early 1980s while building a reputation as "The Black Prince of Lygon Street". Gangitano recruited a score of thugs mainly of Italian origin, who installed jukeboxes and vending machines in local bars and nightclubs under the threat of violence, then reinvested their profits in drug trafficking.
In 1995 Melbourne police suspected Gangitano of two murders, of small-time crook Greg Workman (killed at Wando Grove, St Kilda East, while celebrating a friend's release from prison) and prostitute Deborah Boundy (whose clients included Carlton Crew hitman Christopher Dale Flannery). Boundy was scheduled to testify in court. but died before the trial from a self-inflicted shot of undiluted heroin believed to have been supplied by Gangitano.
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