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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Angela Giuffrida in Rome

Milan police arrest 19 people in operation against football ultras

Viola gestures with his hands as he speaks into a row of microphones, flanked by Milillo, Megale and two police officers standing behind them
Seated from left to right: the national anti-mafia prosecutor Giovanni Milillo, Milan’s prosecutor Marcello Viola and the police commissioner Bruno Maria Megale at a news conference on Monday. Photograph: Luca Bruno/AP

Police in Milan have arrested 19 people as part of an operation against hardcore “ultra” football fans, most of whom were accused of having links to the mafia.

Among those arrested were Luca Lucci and Renato Bosetti, leaders of the AC Milan and Inter Milan ultras respectively.

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