Investigation into Juve mob links continues

Turin— The investigation into Juventus permitting groups with mafia links to sell tickets has described the club’s place in the scandal as a “big grey area”.

 According to the prosecutor of Turin, Juventus are not the ones harmed by the controversy but neither are they completely complicit in the crime: therefore, there is a big gray area which the Commission must investigate and then propose regulatory solutions and proposals.

This was what was proposed and stated by the Chairman of the Mafia in Sport Committee of the Anti-Mafia Commission, at the end of the hearing in Turin investigating the accusation against Juve and the facts of the case.

 The case concerns the infiltration of the Ndrangheta, a southern crime organisation based in Calabria, into the North. The investigation is looking into whether Juventus allowed the crime group to profit from the resale of tickets. At this moment, no manager or employee of Juventus has been suspended in relation to the accusation.

 "The assessment" that the chief investigator of the anti-Mafia in Sport committee, Marco Di Lello, and his team have made, "is that to pursue a prosecution in a court we need to consider what elements have not been fully investigated in the cases in question. It is a result that we respect."

 "There is full awareness on the part of Juventus executives and no harm came to them nor disadvantage; they sold them tickets.

 Knowing this method of administration has aroused some concern within the Committee, we will be back, now we continue our work this week with the hearing on Catania.”