19 people were arrested in Italy on Monday accused of forming mafia groups connected with the football business. Prosecutors say there have been risks for some time now of a drift towards criminal activities carried out in Italian football stadiums.
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00:00Italian police arrested 19 people on Monday accused of forming mafia groups connected
00:07with the football business.
00:10Most detainees are top ultras or hardcore fans of Milanese football clubs Inter Milan
00:15and AC Milan.
00:17The criminal ring was linked to the Italian mafia organization Drangheta.
00:22Giovanni Melillo, Italy's national anti-mafia prosecutor, says there have been risks for
00:26some time now in Italy's football stadiums.
00:56Prosecutors allege that the suspects have attempted to take control of all the lucrative
01:08business activities around Milan's Giuseppe Meazza stadium, including parking, food, tickets
01:14and souvenir sales.
01:16Some of the suspects might also have been involved in drug trafficking.
01:20Both leaders of the AC Milan and Inter Milan ultras fan groups were among those arrested.
01:26For more information visit www.dfid.gov.uk