Ultra research, the real affairs of the clans? Stadiums are a huge drug market

The relationship between football and organized crime has always existed and has always been one of the least researched and debated areas. A sad subject which, when it appears, is forgotten again. There Milan prosecutor’s office she ran to arrest the managers of the Inter and Milan curves for the danger was the temptation. Mother-in-law’s words Bellocco addressed to Bertobrother of the murdered man: “You have to kill.” To kill Bellocco it is a declaration of war (a war that has only been postponed and will be carried out). The threat of execution at a match, outside the stadium, was very real. The prosecutor’s office then started and arrested individuals they had been investigating for some time. The surprise that arose after the arrest of the ultra leaders Inter and AC Milan is without reason, the mafia groups are part of Italian football (not only) and have always been correspondents of the clubs. This time, however, something has changed, the murder of Antonio Bellocco reveals a new mafia praxis, the heir of a very important society killed by Andrew Berettathe leader of Inter’s Curva Nord and a moderate criminal, in total until he murdered another ultra leader, Vittorio Boiocchi. Such animosity is unbelievable: Beretta, who was working in the service of what the magistrates consider a narco-criminal syndicate, wants to kill the heir of a group of Ndrangheta nobles. How come?

The turning point of the clans
Since the mafias stop delegating, they want to directly manage the affairs of all the teams: tickets, catering, parking, drinks. In fact, Bellocco wanted to eat up the shop “We are Milano” de Beretta who sold Inter products but above all to have direct control over the entire supply chain. The mafias have bred the ultrasthey used them as drug-trafficking agents and “workers”, leaving them in a kind of independence. The drugs were given by the clans, as were the t-shirts and scarves, the walls of the shops, in short, the groups allowed an agreement between free entrepreneurs: suppliers and distributors. Now this is no longer true. U’Nanu he had come to Milan with a specific mission, to take over the management of Inter’s supply chain and put the ultras on salaries, removing them from decision-making positions, why? The mafiosi ultras are not even when they cooperate with gangs, they are not men of honor. Without control, often exposed to drug and alcohol addiction, unnecessary bell, always connected to the extreme political right, too open to easy searches and arrests. Now that the business is bad, the clubs have more and more control over organized groups, it is time for the mafias to rule the business. The connection is essential, there would be no order in the stadiums if there were no criminal gangs, team serenity would be immediately undermined if the organized landlords decided to target football players under their blackout that the season would fail whole And then all that remains is compromise, to allow them to make money, they are hidden shareholders. The blackout on (almost) every club, from big to small, is ongoing. Companies almost never report. Indeed, not finding contacts can hinder their activities. Juventus, Inter, Milan For years they know very well that the ‘ndrangheta and their ultras are connected, but they know even more that the drug trade and football are established markets. In 2014, Juventus were pressured to award the construction contract for the new stadium to builders near the ‘ndrine, Andrew Agnellihe gave in only in an interjection, out of fear, he told the security manager Alessandro D’Angelo regarding the ultra leader Lorenzo Grancini, leader of the Vikings: “The problem is that he killed people. ” His friend: “He sent people to kill.”

The drug industry
This is the weather and not much has changed. Parking, sandwiches, tickets (not just scalping), do you really think this is an ultras business? It’s just a screen and the real business is drugs. Cocaine, heroin, ecstasy, hashish and marijuana. They recycle the drug money in collateral activities. That’s why they tried to take over the Juventus stadium cafeteria or they wanted to manage the shops. Recycling. That’s not where they make their money. Drugs are still a major industry. Our country is a leader in the drug trafficking sector. Do you remember the words of Colombian leader El Mono Mancuso? “Coca is a strange plant that has its leaves in South America and its roots in Italy.” And many of those roots are in the stadiums. But how, you might be thinking, are stadiums so policed? Every stadium is a big drug market. But even if you earn a lot, this is not the heart of the business. The ultra leaders have been drug traffickers for transportation. Fan buses that travel across half of Italy, often brought with them to avoid conflicts with other fans, often carry bags full of drugs. The checks (when successful) are on firecrackers and bars, the rest will pass. When they walk the streets no one can control them or keep an eye on them and that’s when an exchange takes place. In what other situation are drugs taken from you by the police? Only during games. Several times when the inspections (rare) are carried out, very rare because the fans would start a rebellion, many drugs are found. Even the fights are often the result of broken agreements, the anger of the Eintracht fans, according to some, was just the result of discounted drug shipments that the Neapolitan clans would not have given. The fights bring too much police so when they happen it is always at the discretion of the leaders. In June 2018 Luca Lucci, director of Milan’s Curva Sud, was arrested: Pleading guilty to drug trafficking, we got stuff coming from Spain ethnic Albanians and was sentenced to 18 months. Lucci was arrested by Massimo Mandelli, head of Inter-Milan’s volunteer stewards and candidate of CasaPound.

Napoli’s choice
And Napoli? For decades he has seen his followers as an expression of Camorra clans. An entire ultra group, «Teste Matte», has been identified as a group dedicated to drug trafficking. Twenty years ago, boss Giuseppe Misso announced that fans of Masseria Cardone Curva A had to leave because the families had not reached an agreement. In 2014, the whole world saw Genny a Carogna (now a colleague of justice) decide whether to continue with the final with Fiorentina. Genny a Carogna (Gennaro De Tommaso) was a drug dealer. Napoli had fan groups that were a direct extension of the clans, De Laurentiis had only two options: either influence them or oppose them. He started a progressive movement of the ultras, he was not afraid of conflict, he tried to manage the seats in the stadium by removing them from the ultras, he tried to remove economic seats from the ultras. He paid a price, players were often targeted by thieves. Recently it seems that there was peace between part of the ultras and De Laurentiis who raised suspicions as if De Laurentiis had joined the last ultras groups, but certainly among the many clubs is the Napoli club, who have been under pressure for decades and threats from the clans, they managed to do their best work (still far from solving the problem).

Impact on senior management
Mafia gangs have been in football for forty years, but have they reached the top of the teams? We have a lot of evidence of money crying (or attempts) towards small teams – Crotone, Albanova (Casal di Principe), Juve Stabia – but no investigation has managed to reach the top, showing that the mafias entered among the shareholders. It is risky to join a team with your own capital, they prefer to influence it, to subcontract entire supply chains. After all, when the Camorra tried to buy Lazio to clear the millions it was tied to in Hungary, it was not a good deal, the people were arrested to encourage Italian football is sick but don’t worry, after a week of the incident, we won’t talk about it anymore and we can all go back to sports.