Management of touts, car parks, vendors outside the stadiums. Pressure, threats, extortion. And even preliminary agreements to manage the concerts of some artists. New details have emerged from the investigation into organized support for Milan and Inter which led on Monday to the arrest in prison or house arrest of 19 people who will have to answer for various crimes including criminal association with the aggravating circumstance of the mafia method.
The details that emerged do not only have to do with relationships with football clubs, but also with the world of music. On the one hand there are the affairs relating to everything that revolves around the big concerts at San Siro, including the resale of tickets by touts, on the other the personal relationships between the leaders of the fans and some singers, especially rap singers.
The interceptions published among other newspapers by Corriere della Sera they also date back to 2021. The curves would have intervened in San Siro on various occasions, from when they chased away some street vendors on the occasion of the Ultimo concert to when last year they entered the resale of Coldplay tickets. The shows at the Meazza by Blanco and Pinguini Tattici Nucleari are also mentioned. For investigating judge Domenico Santoro, the ultras leaders had managed to “transform San Siro into a free territory, outside of any legality control”. Not so much for the clashes between fans, but for the amount of money you can try to get your hands on.
And then there are the personal relationships between the people stopped and the artists. As is known, the first name belonging to the world of music that was brought into question is that of Fedez. The singer is not under investigation in the investigation, but he still ended up in the newspapers for his relationships with various arrested subjects including his bodyguard Christian Rosiello (see the famous photo in Paris with him and with Islam Hagag/Alex Cologno) and the boss ultras Luca Lucci. According to published wiretaps, he would have tried to do business with the latter both for the possible acquisition of the Old Fashion nightclub in Milan and for the possibility of distributing the drink launched with Lazza, which is called Boem, at San Siro.
Then there is the story of the beating of Cristiano Iovino which occurred in April in which Rosiello was involved and in which Fedez was also present. According to the investigating judge, it is a «story of undoubted interest for the investigations, certainly not due to the presence of Fedez but rather because the episode demonstrates how a fringe of the Milan ultras has transformed into a sort of violent group dedicated to punitive expeditions, also upon request.” Stopped by Valerio Staffelli of The news spreadsFedez reiterated: “I am not under investigation for anything.”
According to the investigating judge, Lucci had “work-related relationships in the music sector”, also establishing relationships with other artists. The names mentioned are those of Lazza, Tony Effe, Cancun, Guè and Emis Killa. «This allowed him to increase his earnings exponentially and with very few controls, initiating preliminary agreements aimed at managing the concerts of these artists, both on the national territory (and in particular in Calabria) and internationally».
Among the dozens of searches carried out by investigators there is also, as reported by the Corriere della Serathe one relating to Emis Killa's house in Vimercate. This is a third-party search, meaning that the rapper is not under investigation. «He had almost 40 thousand euros in cash at home, seven knives, three brass knuckles, a truncheon and a taser», writes the Courier. «Money and “weapons” were seized by the Flying Squad agents».
Always according to Courier and speaking of relations with the ultras, Emis Killa was «recognized among the participants in the attack on a steward outside the San Siro shortly before the Milan-Roma match played on April 11th. The turnstile attendant had tried to prevent two fans from entering with a single ticket and only the intervention of the Digos police – who were themselves the target of an attempted contact – prevented the beating from having serious consequences”. Always according to CourierEmis Killa would have a share in the Italian Ink tattoo franchise with Lucci.
