The SCU was once really big into cigarette smuggling I think. Were they ever as big as the camorra? They had some of the wealthiest smugglers like Zaza and Mazzarella. They were both worth hundreds of millions.
The Camorra and Cosa Nostra started with the business right after WWII, the SCU much later. It's a young organization founded in 1981 as the Nuova Grande Camorra Pugliese (current Società foggiana ) by Camorra boss Raffaele Cutolo, who wanted to expand his business in the Puglian region. In the 80s they did become major players.
