Italy’s justice interceded on Monday of Calcium Foggia 1920. Nicola CanonicoThrough an ultras group linked to the local mafia, who has been driving a bully campaign to force the sale of the club.
The decision to impose the judicial administration of foggia was not preceded, that the first time in Italy that the judicial control provided by the antimaphia code in a football club was applied to protect it from the influence of organized crime.
Arresting and banning
In addition to the judicial administration of the club, investigations led by Antimafia de Bari Prosecutor led to 4 people have been arrested for attempt to oppress against the president of the club and the imposition of 52 accessing prohibitions In sports events for residents in Foggia province with history for organized crime and drug trafficking crimes.
“Investigations show how ultras groups, direct expression of the city’s organized crime, planned and conducted a long campaign of intimidation and violent action to force the president of the 1920 Calcium Foggia to resign and move the club’s control, due to their refusal to deliver control of sponsors, accreditation and relationship within the club,” The Foggia police officer’s headquarters explained in a note.
The Ultra Group will make the campaign to force the club sale at a lower price than the value of the market and its resignation of the president, using mafia methods, weapons and exploding material, such as an artisanal artifact placed near the car car by the car of the car Son of the president and vice president of the Club, Emanuele Canonico.
Captain’s car attacking attack
According to authorities, the group is responsible for a series of crimes committed since June 2023 confronted with the President, other managers and even players, including team captain shooting, Davide di Pasquale.
The attack occurred in June 2023 when the car Pasquale says It appeared with many bullet shots and the pilot window was completely broken one day after the team disappeared for the rise of series B against Lecco.
The prosecutor’s office argues that this influence “He has stopped planning and implementing” of club sports projects and “It affected the athletes’ decisions and behavior, forced to witness criminals and fear that they would be victims.”
Source: La Verdad
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