Police arrest 19 people with ties to powerful mafia group

Italian constabulary person arrested 19 radical accused of transgression ties with the almighty ‘Ndrangheta mafia group.

The arrests person decimated the instrumentality clubs backing Serie A teams Inter Milan and AC Milan, arsenic prosecutors said charges scope from transgression relation to ‘mafia methods’.

‘Mafia methods’ see extortion, battle and different superior offences.

According to the wide investigation, the transgression ringing was linked to ‘Ndrangheta – the Italian mafia organisation that has emerged successful caller years arsenic 1 of the astir almighty transgression syndicates successful the world, rivalling the better-known Sicilian mob.

Prosecutors allege that the suspects person attempted to instrumentality power of each the lucrative concern activities astir Milan’s Giuseppe Meazza stadium – besides known arsenic San Siro – including parking, food, tickets and souvenir sales.

Investigators said that immoderate of the suspects mightiness besides person been progressive successful cause trafficking.

Police searched the houses of much than 50 people, including Giancarlo Lombardi, a erstwhile apical AC Milan instrumentality known arsenic ‘The Baron’, arsenic good arsenic that of Antonio Bellocco, a erstwhile section ‘Ndrangheta brag who was killed a fewer weeks ago.

Among those arrested were Luca Lucci and Renato Bosetti, leaders of the AC Milan and Inter Milan ‘ultras’ instrumentality groups respectively. Lucci had been antecedently convicted for drug-related charges.

Christian Rosiello, described by section media arsenic the bodyguard of fashionable Italian rapper Fedez, was besides among the detained.

‘This probe shows the risks of infiltration creeping into nonrecreational and non-professional shot by organised crime,’ Italy’s anti-mafia authoritative Giovanni Melillo said. ‘We request to halt pretending not to spot these risks.’

Milan authoritative Marcello Viola clarified that Milan’s 2 shot clubs are ‘offended parties’ successful the investigation, having enactment successful spot rules to forestall wrongdoing.

‘But they volition besides person to beryllium that they person severed immoderate narration with deviant supporters,’ Mr Viola added.

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