BARI, Italy — Gherardo Zaccagni, di na una businessman, dey plan make him take over parking for San Nicola stadium for Bari, apart from Meazza stadium for Milan. According to prosecution in Milan led by prosecutor Marcello Viola, Zaccagni don pay pizzo to Inter ultras chief and na im make am victim of extortion. But the Bari deal no go as him expected.
This information comot from court order wey come out after seven people, including businessman Mauro Russo, wey no dey under investigation, get arrested in relation to investigation wey dey look into ‘ndrangheta influence for Inter and Milan’s fan zones.
According to the order dated February 28, 2023, Zaccagni tell Giuseppe Caminiti, wey also dey under investigation, say him don secure parking management for Bari stadium, but the deal dey depend on approval from local “families.”
Russo, dem say, na the middleman between Zaccagni and local people, confirming him role for communicating with criminal family members connected to the stadium.
In one intercepted conversation wey Zaccagni get inside him Range Rover, he talk say: “I don collect Bari… but Bari dey need to be discussed down there… Mauro sabi who to talk to. Bari fit turn to like Monza, things go happen. We go still run the Monza stadium parking service.”
He add: “There dey eight thousand spaces wey belong to local mafias. Mauro go need to talk to the family head. If you need anything, I go let you sabi, or we fit go together.”
However, the idea to expand to Bari no come through as investigations show that parking matter no dey follow Zaccagni, Russo, or their delegates in that city again.
According to the court’s arrest warrant, no active company from Zaccagni family dey operate in Bari. This na not the first time wey crime-related issues for San Nicola stadium parking go come under investigation. Back in 2001, then Prosector Michele Emiliano look into members of Diomede and Mercante clans, suspecting that mafia don take over parking management, while ultras heads wey later receive no convictions also dey implicated in the matter.
