Sacra Corona Unita in Puglia italy

Does anyone here know anything about organised crime in Puglia Italy?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sacra_Corona_Unita

it's the youngest mafia but despite formed only in the 1970s is extremely rooted in puglia

Are there any news articles or books about them?

What all do they get involved with, or do they just work with other mafia groups that are all over Italy and in other countries?

Ed scarpo actually wrote a pretty good piece on them on his blog a couple of months ago-

http://www.cosanostranews.com/2014/03/what-hell-is-sacra-corona-unita.html?m=1

Thank you for the link Dellacroce.

Bari, April 14 - Mafia kingpin Savino Parisi was greeted with horses, cars and other gifts after his release from prison, a former mobster turned prosecution witness said in court Monday.
Gifts came from across the Japigia district of Bari to welcome Parisi home, recalled Vito Tritta during the trial of Parisi who is accused with 46 others of various mafia activities as well as international drug trafficking, fraud and bid rigging.
In December 2009, police arrested some 82 people including Parisi as part of a major anti-mafia investigation, and seized property ranging from sports cars to race horses.
Court heard that Parisi, a member of Puglia-based Sacra Corona Unita, had been released from prison in April 2007 after about 13 years in detention for masterminding a public healthcare scam.
On his release, neighbours in the southeastern city of Bari brought meat and cheese as well as the larger gifts of cars and horses, said Tritta.
While he was free, Parisi was escorted by mob members riding scooters and carrying weapons, with others riding ahead to ensure he could avoid police officers, said Tritta, who also described for the court the network of drug dealers who worked for the mafia clan. Parisi, whose clan started out in the local drug trade, later expanded into building contracts.

Child killed in Mob linked highspeed triple homicide
Family gunned down on Puglia highway, two kids survive

The boss Alfredo Fiore, 46, was gunned down in a classic hit by a killer on a motorcycle.

A convict Donato Sifanno, 35, was killed with several shots of gunfire in an ambush in the san Paolo district of Bari. Sifanno was the grandson of the famous local boss Giuseppe Mercante.

Lecce, February 14 - Italian police on Friday seized 2.5 million euros in assets from a leading member of Puglia's Sacra Corona Unita (SCU) mafia.



Some of the news from this year.If you need more i will post.