Prosecutors in Milan probing the
suspected illicit activities of Inter and Milan 'ultra' fan
leaders that led to 19 arrests on Monday have opened a separate
"prevention procedure" against the two Milanese Serie A clubs,
judicial sources said Monday.
The two clubs are currently not under investigation but will
need to prove that they have cut ties with the 'ultra' world, in
particular regarding the management of ticket sales.
The clubs risk being placed under judicial administration, the
sources explained.
According to court papers, the clubs, in particular Inter,
granted illicit concessions in economic activities including
ticket sales, "providing tickets to people who belong to
criminal organizations who then resold them at a huge price
markup".
This also regarded people who were under investigation or had
been convicted for "Mafia-Style criminal association who
transferred the money to the Mafia family they belonged to",
according to the papers.
Investigators referred to the stable relationship between the We
Are Milano group managed by Inter ultra leader Andrea Beretta
and the club as well as the regular access to the stadium of
clan members who did not have a ticket after "strong
intimidations" against the stewards, "a situation that had been
going on for years".
The measure also cited as an example a "meeting" between some
ultra leaders like Marco Ferdico, who was arrested on Monday,
with "player Milan Skriniar" and "contacts with coach" Simone
Inzaghi.
In particular Ferdico "explicitly asked Inzaghi to intervene
with the club, or directly with (Giuseppe) Marotta", Inter's
president, "to obtain an additional 200 tickets" for the
Champions League final in Istanbul last year, according to
wiretapped conversations from May 2023 that were included in the
arrest warrants.
Ferdico was allegedly promised by Inzaghi that he would talk to
the club's heads, including Marotta, according to investigators.
The probe highlighted that the Inter club was in a "situation of
subjugation towards members of the Curva Nord" football fan
club, and ended up "granting them favours, even though it was
forced to do so".
Although the investigation focused on the years "2019 and 2020,
the situation has not changed, as of today", according to the
measure issued by Milan preliminary investigations judge (GIP)
Domenico Santoro that led to 19 arrests on Monday over the
alleged illicit affairs of Inter and Milan 'ultra' leaders.
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