The northern part of the Apulia was influenced by Raffaele Cutolo ' s NCO and other part by the ndrangheta.
Its incorrect to say that before the 1980 there was no crime group but they became organized when the Apulia with his position became a route for cigarette smuggling and heroin traffick. First was only small time criminals and after born the SCU.
There is a movie Fine Pena:Mai that was the story of a real gangster from street thug in the 1970s to boss thanks to drug money until he get life.