Italian-American National Union

The Unione Siciliana (often incorrectly called Unione Siciliane) was a Sicilian-American fraternal organization which eventually was rumored to have controlled much of the Italian American vote within the United States during the early twentieth century. (It was later renamed as Italian-American National Union and became generally Italian-American in membership.) During Prohibition, the organization was a major source of conflict, as underworld figures fought to control the highly influential organization through a series of puppet presidents largely controlled by the Chicago Outfit.