Sacra Corona Unita
| Founded | Early 1980s |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| Activities | Cigarette smuggling, arms trafficking, drug trafficking, human trafficking, money laundering, extortion, political corruption, prostitution, usury |
| Allies | 'Ndrangheta Camorra Società foggiana Albanian mafia Serbian mafia Montenegrin mafia Corsican mafia |
| 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, 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.