"Two brothers from an Italian football hooligan group, Lazio's Irriducibili, have been arrested and accused of trying to illegally obtain public works contracts for next year's Winter Olympics, Italian prosecutors say. The men, originally from Rome, sought to profit from the Olympics after establishing Mafia-style control over drug dealing and nightlife activities in the Alpine resort of Cortina, Venice prosecutors said in a statement."
"The arrested men are accused of posing as high-level members of Rome's criminal underworld, vaunting their friendship with the late leader of the Irriducibili Fabrizio Piscitelli, who was shot in a Rome park in 2019. Irriducibili roughly translates as diehards. The brothers terrorised business rivals in Cortina, prosecutors charged, mentioning the case of a nightlife events organiser who was dragged into the woods, beaten and held at gunpoint."
"A man who owed them drug money was locked in a car boot and threatened with death, and two unauthorised drug dealers were also beaten up. In 2022, the pair approached a member of Cortina's city government, offering electoral support, which the politician did not accept. They later used a threatening message to ask to be given Olympic contracts, prosecutors said."
Two brothers linked to Lazio's Irriducibili were arrested by Venice prosecutors on accusations of trying to illegally secure public works contracts tied to the February 6-22 Winter Games cohosted by Milan and Cortina. The men allegedly established Mafia-style control over drug dealing and nightlife in Cortina and posed as high-level criminal figures, citing ties to Fabrizio Piscitelli. Authorities say they terrorised rivals—dragging and beating a nightlife organiser and threatening others—and used threats and offers of electoral support to pressure a city official into granting Olympic contracts. Five additional suspects face the same charges but were not arrested.
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