745 Crew

745 Crew is an Asian sub-triad gang based in Chatswood, of Sydney's North Shore.

The group mainly consists of Chinese members, but also has members from other parts of Asia, particularily Korea and Vietnam (and a small minority of Whites and Arabs) The group is believed to be largely independent, but appears to have started as an offshoot of a local branch of a larger triad gang rumored to be Yee Tong, a gang notorious for the publicised murder of the brother of a Korean actor in World Square.

https://www.smh.com.au/national/triad-linked-to-students-murder-20080325-gds6mi.html

Triads frequently used teenagers for its petty, dirty work due to the fact that the children's courts are more lenient on crime, and this led to the formation of the 745 crew, which is no longer considered a "Youth Gang", but an actual organised crew.

At its peak, the 745 crew had more than 80 members. Despite being a youth gang, the crew was known for being well organised and cool headed compared Polynesian and Middle Eastern gangs, most likely due to its triad roots.

The group maintains influence in the area by having local drug dealers pay "tax" to them, and being a large-quantity supplier of drugs from overseas, a shift from widespread extortion rackets before the first decade.

745 is the code name of Chatswood that given by the old generation of southern Chinese immigrants, as 745 sounds like Chatswood in Cantonese, Members are sometimse seen at local pubs such as Monkey Bar, and its younger members are sometimes seen loitering around Chatswood Interchange and Chatswood Oval to keep guard against rival gang members encroaching into the area.

According to rumours, initiation processes include stabbing a rival gang member or a personal rival, reflecting how the group is responsible for many violent offences. In 2019, Chatswood police arrested over 10 leading members of the crew causing the crew almost defunct.

The following article describes an incident of a rival triad gang "Big Circle" raiding a neighbouring school in Killara in search of a rival gang member rumored to be linked to the 745 crew (or its parent group Yee Tong).

https://www.smh.com.au/national/teacher-bashed-as-youths-raid-school-20020730-gdfhwy.html

745/Yee Tong also has presence in other neighbouring suburbs with a high Asian population, such as Hornsby and Gordon mainly through recruitment drives and hydroponic cannabis grow ops being set up in the quieter parts of these suburban towns.

The relationship between 745 and 6ixPence is unconfirmed, but it is widely speculated to be one of rivalry. 6ixPence has roots in Cabramatta from the remnants of 5T (Vietnamese) and some Triads (Possibly Big Circle(?)) (Cantonese), whereas 745 has roots in Chatswood from Yee Tong (Cantonese/Mainland Chinese).

Rivalry (pre-2013) has also existed between Chatswood (including 745 Crew) and Hornsby gangs (mainly HB Crew), with fights often occuring in Gordon (which is the midpoint of Hornsby and Chatswood) to take control of the area, which was known has a place to buy and sell drugs on the North Shore due to its position as a transportation hub and thus ease of access.