Risk of Mob infiltration of soccer clubs says Melillo

(ANSA) - ROME, SEP 30 - There is a risk of the Mafia infiltrating Italian soccer clubs, National Anti-Mafia Prosecutor Giovanni Melillo said after AC Milan and Inter Milan ultra chieftains were arrested Monday in an anti-mafia probe.
    The Milan investigation, said the anti-Mob and anti-yterror chief, demonstrates "the risks of infiltration that are creeping into professional and non-professional football by organised crime".
    Melillo said the investigation denotes "risks of infiltration in football clubs" as in other sectors.
    "We must stop pretending nothing is happening" about these risks, he said.
    Milan prosecutor Marcello Viola explained that the clubs "are injured parties" having put in place systems to prevent illicit activities. (ANSA).