Juventus Chairman Andrea Agnelli
said Thursday he had never met a suspected member of the
Calabrian 'Ndrangheta mafia over ticketing issues on his own.
"I never met Rocco Dominello alone," Agnelli told the
parliamentary anti-mafia commission.
He said he remembered three or four meetings where the
alleged mafioso was present: "once at a dinner in Asti when
hundreds of fans were present, once in my offices with all the
fans, another time he came to the office with (Fabio) Germani
for Christmas greetings, one time at my office with Alessandro
D'Angelo, one of the times I met all the fans".
Agnelli said he had never received threats from ultras and
had never thought of Dominello as "operational".
On Monday Agnelli told a trial over alleged activity by the
'Ndrangheta mafia in Piedmont that neither Juventus nor any of
its 700 employees had ever suffered any pressure from the
Calabrian Mob.
The Juve chief said he had met Dominello, and other ultra
heads four or five times to talk about routine ticketing issues.
According to the prosecution, Dominello sought to present
himself as a fan representative, allegedly in order to do ticket
touting on behalf of 'Ndrangheta.
Agnelli reportedly said he knew nothing about this, merely
describing Dominello as a very well-mannered fan representative.
Agnelli had previously denied having any direct relations
with Dominello.
'Ndrangheta, which has spread from its southern base to the
whole of Italy as well as globally, is Italy's richest and most
powerful mafia, having outstripped Sicily's Cosa Nostra.
It controls the European cocaine trade.
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