Crotone football and ‘Ndrangheta, the club’s administration confirmed

The Court of Catanzaro – Prevention Measures Section – confirmed the measure taken by the judicial administration against the football club Fc Crotone srl (Lega Pro group C), effectively rejecting the elements presented by the defence. The one-year measure will therefore continue until it expires. The judges assessed that the elements proposed by the club’s defense did not modify the reasons that led to the provision of the measure to protect the club. The decree mentions the filing of three complaints presented by Giovanni Vrenna. The Court, in rejecting the appeal, established that these complaints “have no significant impact”. The decree states that the complaints, in addition to being “dated (2014 and 2017, while only one is dated 2019)”, “do not concern the important anomalies found in the management of FC Crotone”. For the judges, the defense elements “do not deny the attitude effectively held by the company in the face of the claims of the local ‘Ndrangheta gang”. The Court therefore considered that, on the basis of what had already been examined in the decree which initiated the measure, there remained “sufficient evidence to believe that, even at present, the free exercise by Fc Crotone srl of at least the specific sectors of security and management of entrances to the stadium is profoundly influenced by the invasive presence of the Crotone ‘Ndrangheta gangs”. The judges also underlined how this situation persists “without interruption” both in the management of Raffaele Vrenna and in the current one of Giovanni Vrenna.