Inter and Milan walk away without major punishment amid fan scandal

Serie A heavyweights Inter and Milan have come under intense scrutiny after Italian police put several prominent members of their biggest fan groups behind bars. However, well-known lawyer Pierfilippo Capello thinks that the club can get away with light punishments.

Inter and Milan have made themselves fully available to local authorities amid an ongoing investigation into their fans’ links with mafia crime syndicate ‘Ndrangheta. Despite their willingness to cooperate with law enforcement agencies, San Siro tenants may still have to pay some fines.

So says Capello.

“From a sporting point of view, we reflect on the FIGC Public Prosecutor’s Office, which has requested the documents from the Milan Public Prosecutor’s Office” he said, as reported by Calciomercato.

“I don’t foresee it enormous things for Inter and Milan, apart from possible fines. From a criminal law point of view, the matter is different: it is necessary to understand whether there was someone who did something he shouldn’t have done.

“We must all remember that clubs there is a subject with the task of dealing with the fans, and if he does that with organized groups and in certain ways it is another matter,Capello concluded.

Italian police arrested 19 people on Monday on suspicion of trying to take over all the lucrative businesses in the San Siro area, including food, tickets, parking and souvenir sales. Some of the The detained suspects are prominent members of Inter and Milan’s famous fan groups Curva Nord and Curva Sud.