Sacra Corona Unita

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Apulia in Italy

The Sacra corona unita (Italian: Holy United Crown , also Mafia pugliese or SCU ) is an Italian Mafia organization that originated in Apulia .

Emergence

The SCU stems from the attempt to expand the Nuova Camorra Organizzata in the early 1980s. This is how the Nuova Camorra Pugliese was created in 1981 by Salvatore Menonna and Alessandro Fusco . On December 25 In 1983, Giuseppe Rogoli the SCU in the prison of Lecce . From 1987 the Rosa dei venti appeared , which is a spin-off of the Sacra Corona Unita.

construction

The SCU is a federal organization with 47 independent clans, including around 1,600 permanent members. It is directed by Giuseppe Rogoli . The former boss Filippo Cerfeda made himself available as a key witness after his arrest . The center of the sphere of influence is still in Apulia in the provinces of Brindisi , Lecce and Bari .

The SCU has a strong hierarchical structure, starting with so-called Camorristi or Picciotti , above Sgarristi , Santisti , Evangelisti , Trequartino and finally the Crimine as the head of the organization. The SCU is divided into the Società Minore (to which the Camorristi or Picciotti belong), the Società Maggiore (to which the Sacrristi and Santisti belong) and finally the Società Segreta , to which the other degrees belong. This also forms the council of the organization.

activities

The organization is heavily involved in the smuggling of illegal Albanian immigrants into Italy. At the same time, she is known for bringing Albanian women into forced prostitution . She has good connections with Colombia's organized crime . The SCU is heavily involved in drug trafficking around the Adriatic and works closely with Albanian gangs. It has become noticeable through its brutality in internal disputes. The victims of these clashes are often mutilated and then killed.

Spread

In addition to its home country Italy, the SCU is also active in many other European countries. These include Germany , Greece , Belgium , the Netherlands , Serbia , Albania and Turkey . Outside of Europe, the SCU also performs in the USA , Argentina and Australia .

According to a report by the Ostsee-Zeitung , real estate in holiday resorts on the German Baltic coast will also be used for money laundering .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Profile Filippo Cerfeda ( Memento of the original from November 8, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / gangstersinc.tripod.com
  2. a b Sacra Corona Unita ( Memento from December 8, 2001 in the Internet Archive )
  3. Rick Porello's American Mafia
  4. ^ Klaus Lange: Transnational Organized Crime (TOK). Aspects of their development and requirements for successful control . Ed .: Hanns-Seidel-Stiftung eV 1997, ISBN 3-88795-129-8 . Page 13
  5. Portrait of the SCU (English)
  6. Report in the OZ  ( page no longer available , search in web archivesInfo: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.ostsee-zeitung.de