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Reuters Soccer Blog found this 7/22/2008 on football.uk.reuters.com [flag]
ROME, July 22 (Reuters) - A notorious Italian organised crime gang tried to buy soccer club Lazio through third parties using funds gained from violence and intimidation, authorities said on Tuesday. The plan by the Casalesi clan of the Camorra, the Naples version of the mafia, came to light as police in Rome served arrest warrants to 10 people including former Lazio player and president ... [link]

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What if the mafia had bought Lazio?
Published 7/22/2008 by Mark Meadows at Reuters Soccer Blog
... Italian authorities believe a bid by a consortium in 2006 was actually a front for the Casalesi, an organised crime gang within the Camorra - the Naples version of the mafia. ...

Mob-related Italian soccer scandal
Published 7/22/2008 by TheHotRead at SmackCaster SmackBlog
... Ex-New York Cosmo and Italian legend Giorgia Chinaglia is one of three people being sought — seven arrests have been made already — in a soccer scandal that revolves around an organized crime gang trying to buy the Lazio soccer club. We don’t like the beautiful game but recall the way the Cosmos captured the Big Apple in their heyday.  Worth keeping an eye on the story that is, not a soccer match. ...

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