In the course of an investigation into illicit earnings earned surrounding matches and the recruitment of mafia organizations into so-called “ultras” groups, ardent followers of AC Milan and Inter Milan were taken into custody on Monday for suspected organized crime offenses. Finance police stated in a statement, “The suspects are almost all members of the Milan teams’ ultras groups while the crimes relate to revenues made around football.”
The alleged offenses concern several operations that take place outside the San Siro stadium on game days, including ticket touting, parking lot management, concession stand sales, and accepting payments from those who enter the stadium without tickets.
Milan prosecutor Marcello Viola accused Bosetti’s predecessors, Marco Ferdico and Andrea Beretta, of letting the Bellocco clan of the influential ‘Ndrangheta mafia.
According to magistrate Domenico Santoro, he was the sole significant mafioso among those under investigation.
After realizing that his life was in danger, Beretta—who has a lengthy criminal history himself—allegedly fatally stabbed Bellocco during a fight outside a boxing facility in a suburb of Milan.
Because of Bellocco’s standing within the ‘Ndrangheta, Beretta’s family was under particular police observation due to concerns about possible violent retaliation, making his death shocking.
Following the shooting death of career criminal Vittorio Boiocchi outside his home in October 2022, Beretta assumed a prominent position in the San Siro’s Curva Nord section, which is home to Inter’s die-hard supporters.
At the time of his 69-year-old murder, Boiocchi boasted in wiretapped discussions about making 80,000 euros ($88,000) a month as an extreme commander, according to widely circulated reports in Italian media.
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