I don't think it's a new thing Cosa Nostra, ‘Ndrangheta, Camorra have been always working with each other in particular in northern/central Italy. SCU, Foggia Mafia and Gargano Mafia are off shoots of them and also tied to the three mafias.
The prosecutor Alessandra Cerreti specifies that she has "never claimed it was a super mafia association", but a "consortium" between criminal groups that had already emerged in investigations in the 1990s.
