Italy to strengthen anti-mafia task force after bomb in Foggia
(The Guardian Italy)

Sacra Corona Unita tried for the second time to blow up a key trial witnessItaly´s interior ministry has announced that it will strengthen its anti-mafia task force in the city of Foggia after the increasingly powerful local mob tried for the second time to blow up a key trial witness.Minister Luciana Lamorgese´s office said she was sending extra police forces to the southern province in the Puglia region, the heartland of the Sacra Corona Unita (SCU), and opening a special office of organised crime investigators.Puglia`s Sacra Corona Unita (United Holy Crown, SCU) is one of Italy`s four main Italian mafia factions, after the Sicilian Cosa Nostra, the Camorra of Campania and Calabria`s powerful `Ndrangheta.  Related: `Sick of hiding`: the refugee family fleeing the mafia and Canadian authorities Continue reading...