Back ساكرا كورونا يونيتا Arabic Sacra Corona Unita Catalan Sacra Corona Unita Czech Sacra Corona Unita German Σάκρα Κορόνα Ουνιτά Greek Sacra Corona Unita Esperanto Sacra corona unita Spanish Sacra corona unita Basque Sacra corona unita Finnish Sacra corona unita French
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| 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 [ˈsaːkra koˈroːna uˈniːta]; 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]
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