The Italian Senate has passed
into law a government decree to make Italian soccer stadiums
more hostile to hooligans and friendlier for families.
The law beefs up measures the authorities can use to
combat hooliganism, including the possibility to ban whole
groups of fans, rather than just individual trouble makers.
It will also be possible for the authorities to impose
deferred arrests on hooligans, which will come into force in the
case of repeat offences.
Stadium police will get to use taser stun guns in a trial
basis too.
The decree also includes a controversial move to make
clubs pay part of the overtime of police officers working on
match days with a levy of from 1% to 3% of ticket sales.
The clubs say this is unfair.
Italy has a long-running problem with hooliganism. A
Napoli fan was shot and subsequently died in hospital after
clashes before last season's Italian Cup final in May.
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