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The Carlton Crew is a
criminal organisation Organized crime (or organised crime) is a category of transnational organized crime, transnational, national, or local groupings of highly centralized enterprises run by criminals to engage in illegal activity, most commonly for profit. While o ...
based in
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,
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, which was formed in the late 1970s and named after the Melbourne suburb in which it is based,
Lygon Street Lygon Street is located in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, running through the inner northern suburbs of Carlton, Carlton North, Princes Hill and Brunswick East. Lygon Street is synonymous with the Italian community of Melbourne, forming ...
,
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, commonly called "Little Italy". The organisation was a fierce rival to the Honoured Society and the
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, both of which were
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groups also based in Melbourne, and were additionally allies of the mostly
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.


History

The Carlton Crew included convicted criminals,
Mick Gatto Domenic "Mick" Gatto (born 6 August 1955) is a professional mediator within the Victorian building industry; and a debt collector. Gatto was named as a standover man during the Royal Commission into the Building and Construction Industry. Ba ...
,
Alphonse Gangitano Alphonse John Gangitano (22 April 1957 – 16 January 1998) was an Australian criminal from Melbourne, Victoria. Nicknamed the "Black Prince of Lygon Street", Gangitano was the face of an underground organisation known as the Carlton Crew. H ...
,
Mario Condello Mario Rocco Condello (12 April 1952 – 6 February 2006) was an Italian-Australian organised crime figure. Condello, once a lawyer, was a member of the Carlton Crew, and is believed to have been a money launderer for Melbourne's Calabrian mafi ...
and
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and
Graham Kinniburgh Graham Allen Kinniburgh (20 October 1942 – 13 December 2003) was an Australian organised crime figure from Kew, a suburb of Melbourne. He became a victim of the Melbourne gangland killings, which were dramatised in the drama series ''Underbel ...
. 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
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s under the threat of violence, then reinvested their profits in
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. In 1995 Melbourne police suspected Gangitano of two murders, of small-time
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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
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). 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. On 15 July 1995, Gangitano engaged in a wild melee with
Jason Moran Jason Moran may refer to: * Jason Moran (criminal) (1967–2003), Australian mobster * Jason Moran (musician) Jason Moran (born January 21, 1975) is an American jazz pianist, composer, and educator involved in multimedia art and theatrical inst ...
at a Melbourne nightclub.
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s were still debating various charges against him when Gangitano's wife found him dead in the laundry room of their
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home on 16 January 1998; he had been shot several times in the head.
Mick Gatto Domenic "Mick" Gatto (born 6 August 1955) is a professional mediator within the Victorian building industry; and a debt collector. Gatto was named as a standover man during the Royal Commission into the Building and Construction Industry. Ba ...
succeeded Gangitano as head of the group. In June 1999 he was charged with deception for placing 39 bets with a bookie under the pseudonym ('Mick Delgado'). In February 2002 a Royal Commission investigated Gatto on suspicion of accepting A$250,000 to 'mediate' labour disputes with the
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. On 13 December 2003 Kinniburgh was murdered outside his home in
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when he was coming back from the shop getting chocolate ice cream. Carlton Crew member
Mario Condello Mario Rocco Condello (12 April 1952 – 6 February 2006) was an Italian-Australian organised crime figure. Condello, once a lawyer, was a member of the Carlton Crew, and is believed to have been a money launderer for Melbourne's Calabrian mafi ...
had a record of convictions for
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,
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, and drug trafficking. Police also suspected him for multiple murders. In 2005 he was charged with plotting to murder crime boss Carl Williams, who also faced charges of scheming to ambush Condello. A trial for that case was pending when unknown gunmen murdered Condello outside his
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home on 6 February 2006. About 700 people attended his funeral, with Mick Gatto serving as a pallbearer.


Notable members

* 1970-2017 Gino (fat Gino) Rosace,
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boss retired in early 2017 from health complications and died from cancer 2017 * Frank Madafferi acting boss 2017 -2019 imprisoned in 2014 for ecstasy pills retired in jail after serving a 10 year prison sentence * Tony Madafferi current boss 2019-Present after succeeding Gino Rosace from Keilor East as boss in 2017 and succeeding his brother as acting boss Frank in 2019 * Michael The Cowboy Basri underboss 2022-present Oakleigh &
Brunswick East Brunswick East is an inner-city suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, north of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Merri-bek local government area. Brunswick East recorded a population of 13,279 at the 20 ...
crew member * Tony (The Balls) Menchella Caporegime 1980s-Present Dallas crew member * David (The Guts) Smith Captain capo and Street boss 1987- Present Dallas crew member * 1984-present
John Setka John Setka (born September 1964) is an Australian trade unionist and professional cyclist. He is the Victorian state secretary of the Construction, Forestry, Maritime, Mining and Energy Union. Biography John Setka was born to a Croatian labo ...
is a lieutenant who was mentored by boss Gino Rosace in construction in the 1980s and is now the Victorian state secretary of the CFMEU - construction division. * David Setka 2014- present consigliere long time friend of the cowboy Basri * Paul Faella 2005- Present capo * Vincenzo Crupi 1970-2022 former underboss of the Carlton crew in Gino's reign and announced retirement in 2022 and was succeeded by the Cowboy Basri as underboss of the Carlton crew and it was Gino's last wishes and also the boss Tony's Maddaferi orders * Joseph Aquaro 1981-2016 former associate and Captain in Gino's reign his death in 15th march 2016 * 1988-present Philip Peters current lieutenant * 2015-present Arthur Peters associate * 1982-1998 –
Alphonse Gangitano Alphonse John Gangitano (22 April 1957 – 16 January 1998) was an Australian criminal from Melbourne, Victoria. Nicknamed the "Black Prince of Lygon Street", Gangitano was the face of an underground organisation known as the Carlton Crew. H ...
– murdered in 1998 * 1980-2004 – Mick Gatto – arrested in 2004, retired * 1998-present - Wayne “Donga” Dean - detective and a Sarge, mates with Mick Gatto * 1932-2020 - Kenneth Valletta, retired * 1981-2006 – Mario Condello – arrested in 2005, murdered in 2006 * 1980s-2005 - Ron Bongetti - died of natural causes * 1970s–2004 –
Lewis Moran Lewis Moran (7 July 1941 – 31 March 2004) was an Australian organized crime figure and patriarch of the infamous Moran family of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Notable for his involvement in the Melbourne gangland killings, Moran was shot de ...
– murdered in 2004 * 1980s–2000 – Mark Moran – murdered in 2000. * 1980s–2003 –
Jason Moran Jason Moran may refer to: * Jason Moran (criminal) (1967–2003), Australian mobster * Jason Moran (musician) Jason Moran (born January 21, 1975) is an American jazz pianist, composer, and educator involved in multimedia art and theatrical inst ...
– murdered in 2003. * 1990s–1999 – Carl Williams – shot in the stomach in 1999, murdered in 2010.


See also

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Crime in Melbourne Criminal activity in Victoria, Australia is combated by the Victoria Police and the Victorian court system, while statistics about crime are managed by the Crime Statistics Agency. Modern Australian states and cities, including Victoria, have so ...
*
Organised crime in Australia Organised crime in Australia refers to the activities of various groups of crime families, organised crime syndicates or underworld activities including drug trafficking, contract killing, racketeering and other crimes in Australia. Europea ...
* The Honoured Society *
Melbourne gangland killings The Melbourne gangland killings were the murders of 36 underworld figures in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, between January 1998 and August 2010. The murders were retributive killings involving underworld groups. The deaths caused a power vacu ...
*
Underbelly (TV series) ''Underbelly'' is an Australian television true crime-drama series which first aired on the Nine Network on 13 February 2008 and 1 September 2013, before being revived on 3 April 2022. Each series is based on real-life events. There have been s ...


References

;Notes *Newton, Michael (2007). ''Gangsters Encyclopedia. The World's Most Notorious Mobs, Gangs and Villains'', Collins & Brown (C&B) {{DEFAULTSORT:Carlton Crew, The Organised crime in Melbourne Organised crime groups in Australia Italian-Australian culture Italian-Australian culture in Melbourne