Sacra Corona Unita (Apulian Mafia) Organized crime in Italy

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the sacra corona unita (scu), or united sacred crown, mafia-like criminal organization region of apulia (in italian puglia) in southern italy, , active in areas of brindisi , lecce , not, people tend believe, in region whole. scu founded in late 1970s nuova grande camorra pugliese, based in foggia, camorra member raffaele cutolo, wanted expand operations apulia. has been suggested elements of group originated ndrangheta, not know if breakaways or result of indirect co-operation clans of ndrangheta.


a few years after creation of scu, following downfall of cutolo, organization began operate independently camorra under leadership of giuseppe rogoli. under leadership scu mixed apulian interests , opportunities ndrangheta , camorra traditions. preying on region s substantial wine , olive oil industries, group moved fraud, gunrunning, , drug trafficking, , made alliances international criminal organizations such russian , albanian mafias, colombian drug cartels, , asian organizations. sacra corona unita consists of 50 clans approximately 2,000 core members , specializes in smuggling cigarettes, drugs, arms, , people.


very few scu members have been identified in united states, there links individuals in illinois, florida, , possibly new york. sacra corona unita reported involved in money laundering, extortion, , political corruption , collects payoffs other criminal groups landing rights on southeast coast of italy. territory natural gateway smuggling , post-communist countries croatia, montenegro, , albania.


with decreasing importance of adriatic corridor smuggling route (thanks normalization of balkans area) , series of successful police , judicial operations against in recent years, sacra corona unita has been considered, if not defeated, reduced fraction of former power, peaked around mid-1990s.


local rivals

the internal difficulties of scu aided birth of antagonistic criminal groups such as:



remo lecce libera: formed leading criminal figures lecce, claim independent criminal group other ndrangheta. term remo indicates remo morello, criminal salento area, killed criminals campania region because opposed external interference;
nuova famiglia salentina: formed in 1986 de matteis pantaleo, lecce , stemming famiglia salentina libera born in 1980s autonomous criminal movement in salento area no links extra-regional mafia expressions
rosa dei venti: formed in 1990 de tommasi in lecce prison, following internal division in scu.




^ cite error: named reference fbi invoked never defined (see page).
^ le criminalità organizzate nell italia meridionale continentale: camorra, ndrangheta, sacra corona unita carlo alfiero, generale di brigata - comandante scuola ufficiali cc






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