Hardcore supporters of AC Milan and Inter Milan were arrested on Monday for alleged organised crime offences as part of a probe into illegal profits made around matches and the infiltration of mafia gangs into so-called “ultras” groups.

Italy’s finance police said leading figures among the “ultras” groups were arrested for “criminal conspiracy aggravated by mafia methods, extortion, assault and other serious crimes.”

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