London 30 October 2024 by William Bart
Accusations of criminal association with mafia aggravation, 19 precautionary measures. Among those involved are the leaders of the two fan groups and Fedez's bodyguard. The rapper 'in contact' with the leader of the Rossoneri curve. From the prosecutors 'preventive procedure' for the two companies. A regional councilor from Lombardy investigated.
The agents of the Central Operations Service of the Central Anti-Crime Directorate of the State Police, the Flying Squad and the S.I.SCO of Milan are executing dozens of precautionary measures and search warrants against people investigated in various capacities for criminal association, with the aggravating circumstance of the mafia method, extortion, injuries and other serious crimes.
The suspects are almost all linked to the ultras fans of Inter and Milan and the crimes connected to the business linked to the football context.
The operation has been underway since the early hours of this morning by the State Police and the Guardia di Finanza, coordinated by the District Anti-Mafia Directorate of the Milan Public Prosecutor's Office.
On the alleged extortion activities, contested in the maxi investigation by the Police and the Guardia di Finanza and the Milan Prosecutor's Office, which outlined an "alliance" between the curves of the Inter and Milan ultras in illicit trafficking also with infiltration of the 'ndrangheta, there is mainly that on the catering services related to the San Siro stadium. In addition, from what emerges, the investigations of the prosecutors Paolo Storari and Sara Ombra also revealed extortion and requests for "pizzo" against street vendors selling sandwiches and food outside the Meazza, in addition to a series of beatings and so-called "stadium crimes".
The investigation does not concern drug trafficking. Nineteen precautionary measures, 16 in prison and three under house arrest. The crimes contested are criminal association with mafia aggravation, extortion, false declarations or attestations in documents intended for the judicial authority, possession and fabrication of false identification documents, unauthorized access to computer systems, injuries, beatings, brawl and resistance to a public official.
As explained by the Milan prosecutor Marcello Viola in a note, this is "a complex investigation" by the Milan DDA "which brought together various investigative lines conducted by multiple branches of the State Police, as well as by the Gico of Milan and the Scico of the Gdf". Together with "the execution of the precautionary measures, dozens of searches were delegated and carried out against additional suspects". Furthermore, the Anti-Crime Division of the Milan Police Headquarters "applied to several different individuals access bans to places where sporting events take place", i.e. Daspos, or "in any case initiated the related procedure against numerous other people". The investigations have allowed, according to the prosecution, "to ascertain the existence of criminal infiltration among the ultras and have involved the main exponents of the so-called 'management' of the organized fan groups of the two main Milanese football teams".
From the prosecutors 'preventive procedure' for Inter and Milan
The Milan Public Prosecutor's Office, which has defeated the illicit trafficking of the Inter and Milan stands with 19 precautionary measures, has also started a so-called "preventive procedure" against Inter and Milan, companies not under investigation but which will have to demonstrate, in a cross-examination, that they have severed ties with the ultra world, especially in terms of managing match tickets. Otherwise, before the Prevention Measures Section of the Court, a judicial administration order could be issued.
The San Siro stadium, it is stated in the documents, "and the related economic activities are outside of any legal control". This happened, "at least in part, also due to some organizational shortcomings of FC Internazionale in managing relations with the fans: absolutely lacking controls for entrances to the stadium; supply of tickets to individuals belonging to criminal groups who then make huge markups when reselling them; participation in the profits by individuals under investigation or already convicted of mafia-type association, who then transfer the money to the mafia family to which they belong".
The order speaks of "facilitating contacts" and various episodes such as "the payment of 1500 tickets to the north curve, after heavy pressure, on the occasion of the Champions League final", the "payment of additional season tickets to the north curve on the occasion of the ousting of the Irriducibili", an ultras group. And again of the "continuous relationships with We Are Milano behind which Andrea Beretta's (hidden) management is hidden; the constant entry into the stadium of individuals without tickets, facilitated by heavy intimidation of stewards, a situation that has been going on for years and which no one seems to be able to remedy". A chapter of the ordinance concerns, for example, "the meeting" of some ultra leaders, such as Marco Ferdico, who ended up in prison today, "with the footballer Skriniar" and "the first contacts with the coach" Simone Inzaghi.
A regional councilor from Lombardy investigated
Among those under investigation in the investigation by the Milan Prosecutor's Office into the ultra curves is Manfredi Palmeri, a regional councilor from Lombardy elected with Letizia Moratti's list and a city councilor in Milan on a center-right list. He is accused of corruption between private individuals in a tranche for his relations with an entrepreneur interested, as stated in the order of the investigating judge, in "guaranteeing the awarding of the contract" for the parking lots of the San Siro stadium. "Now I have already bought the painting from Manfred anyway!! It's 10,000 for the painting!!", said Gherardo Zaccagni, "manager" of parking lots and placed under house arrest for other charges.
The investigating judge: from Inter subservience to the heads of the curve
The investigations "have highlighted that the Inter club is in a situation of subservience towards the ex
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