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Criminal organization
Sacra Corona Unita
Founded
Early 1980s[1]
Founding location
Apulia, Italy
Years active
Early 1980s–present
Territory
Mainly active in the Salento area in Apulia. Its also present in other italian regions and countries.
Ethnicity
Apulians
Membership
approximately 2,000[2]
Activities
Cigarette smuggling, arms trafficking, drug trafficking, human trafficking, money laundering, extortion, political corruption, prostitution, usury
Allies
'Ndrangheta Camorra Società foggiana Albanian mafia Balkans criminal organizations
Rivals
Internal wars between clans of the SCU
Sacra Corona Unita (pronounced[ˈsaːkrakoˈroːnauˈniːta]; Italian for 'United Sacred Crown'; acronym: SCU), also known as the Fourth Mafia,[3][4][5] is a Mafia-type criminal organization from the Apulia region in Southern Italy, and it is especially active in the areas of Brindisi, Lecce, and Taranto.[6]
^Massari, Monica (2014). "The Sacra Corona Unita: Origins, Characteristics, and Strategies". The 'Ndrangheta and Sacra Corona Unita. Studies of Organized Crime. Vol. 12. Cham: Springer International Publishing. pp. 101–116. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-04930-4_7. ISBN 978-3-319-04929-8.
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^"Italy's 'fourth mafia' is spreading terror and death in Puglia". Le Monde.fr. 28 May 2023. Retrieved 22 November 2023.
^"'Fourth Mafia' emerges as most violent in Italy as major organized crime syndicates become less visible". CBS News. 17 March 2023. Retrieved 22 November 2023.
^"Sportello Scuola e Università della Commissione Parlamentare Antimafia". leg15.camera.it. Retrieved 6 March 2024.
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