Reports: Leader of Milan and Inter ultras arrested in raid on prosecutor's office

Milan prosecutors have reportedly arrested several key figures from Inter's Curva Nord and AC Milan's Curva Sud this morning on charges of criminal association.

Radio Rossonera this morning summarized the reports from various newspapers, starting with the fact that some leaders of the two groups are accused of mafia methods, extortion, assault and other serious crimes.

The police raid came at dawn today, Monday September 30, and there were 16 arrests and two people placed under house arrest following an extensive investigation into extortion, bribery, cartels and infighting between the leading groups of Inter's organized fan bases and Inter Milan were carried out in Milan,” according to Corriere della Sera.

Following the murder of Antonio Bellocco – a board member of Inter's Curva Nord and links to the 'ndrangheta (a famous Italian mafia group) – this was interpreted as a sign of “increasingly close relations between some sections of Milan's organized fans and Calabrian criminal clans” , writes La Gazzetta dello Sport.

Those arrested, adds Corriere, include “the head of the Curva Nord Andrea Beretta, the deputy head Marco Ferdico, Renato Bosetti, Matteo Norrito, known as “Chuck”, Mauro Nepi, Luca Lucci, his brother Francesco Lucci, Christian Rosiello, Islam Hagag known as “Alex Cologno”, Alessandro Sticco known as “Shrek” and Fabiano Capuzzo'.

In the case of the Curva Sud of Milan, “a criminal organization is denied, without the aggravating circumstance of mafia sponsorship, which is particularly active in episodes of violence”.