"The Italian third-tier club Crotone have been placed under judicial administration for a year because police found sufficient evidence of pervasive Mafia infiltration, prosecutors said on Tuesday. Crotone, based in the southern Calabria region that is home to the powerful 'Ndrangheta Mafia, are seventh in group C of the Serie C league, on five points from four games. They played in Serie A for two consecutive seasons almost 10 years ago, and in 2020-21."
"The prosecutors' office of the city of Catanzaro said in a statement that Crotone had been subjected, over the last decade, directly or at least indirectly, to conditions of intimidation and subjugation by members of local Ndrangheta clans. The local mob had, in particular, infiltrated the club's security and ticketing operations, and the judicial administration regime is expected to help steer Crotone's economic activities back on to a legal path, prosecutors said."
"The club are not under investigation. FC Crotone will actively collaborate with the judicial administrators appointed by the court to continue its activities in the best interests of the club, fans and sport in general, the club said in a statement. Crotone said the court decision does not even remotely suggest complicity or connivance by the club, its shareholders, or its managers and collaborators."
Crotone has been placed under judicial administration for one year after police found sufficient evidence of pervasive Mafia infiltration. The club is based in Calabria, a region home to the 'Ndrangheta, and currently sits seventh in Serie C group C with five points from four games. Crotone played in Serie A for two consecutive seasons almost a decade ago and again in 2020-21. The club is not under investigation and will collaborate with court-appointed administrators. Prosecutors stated that over the last decade local Ndrangheta clans subjected Crotone to intimidation and subjugation, infiltrating security and ticketing operations to influence economic activities.
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