Castellammare - According to the Naples District Anti-Mafia Office, the Juve Stabia youth sector was one of the locations where the D'Alessandro clan had its hands.
This is what emerges from the judicial administration order served yesterday on the Castellammare di Stabia football club, a 28-page document signed by Judge Teresa Areniello.
The document clearly states: "Yes, the doubt arises that even youth education, one of the most delicate and strategic points for building educational and value-based relationships, potentially vulnerable to deviant influences, is conditioned by the clan."
A doubt that, investigators emphasize, is reinforced by the names and roles within the sports club.
The shadow of the clan in the youth sector
In the SS organizational chart Juve Stabia figure...omitted..., a shirtmaker by profession, as manager of the youth team. His name, as stated in the order, raises more than a few eyebrows: "a person with family ties and connections to local criminal figures, a previous charge of aiding and abetting for having aided and abetting the fugitive boss D'Alessandro Michele, and, moreover, who has no connection to the club."
Investigators emphasize that his "permanent and unpaid presence within the youth sector—what is the reason for this?—is perplexing. The infiltration is clear, the influence is clear. Serious, stable, dangerous."
Alongside the shirtmaker, a prominent figure is Roberto Amodio, former Napoli, Avellino, and Juve Stabia player, now managing the youth team. His name surfaces in the statements of informant Pasquale Rapicano, who describes him as "someone who does what the D'Alessandros say" and who "is at Juve Stabia because the D'Alessandros imposed him."
A serious accusation, reiterated several times by the repentant, who calls him "a bandit".
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The party at the Villa Comunale and the political controversies
But the provision of the DDA It also recalls another incident that, a year ago, had already sparked outcry and controversy. It was the party at the Villa Comunale, with a group photo on the stage alongside footballers, managers, city administrators, and Mayor Luigi Vicinanza, and then—as later emerged—the presence of three Camorristi.
That event first sparked a media outcry, then a political clash between Democratic Party MEP Sandro Ruotolo and Mayor Vicinanza himself, both journalists and former friends.
Subsequent investigations confirmed the initial suspicions: "all," the judicial order states, "company executives and municipal administrators had at least tolerated, if not outright supported, the incentive initiative promoted by the Camorra fan leaders."
One detail struck investigators: the event's host, interviewed by investigators, stated that he had been "solicited to do so by the mayor's spokesperson, who asked him to include the award speech in the program." The host himself, delving deeper into the matter after the media outcry, said he discovered that the request had been made "upstream" by "a representative of the Juve Stabia club."
The role of Pino Di Maio
The official in question, according to the judiciary, is Pino "Pinuccio" Di Maio, the club's current director, who has already been banned for three years for a football betting scandal. His name also resurfaces in a prison wiretap: a boss of the Cesarano clan, detained under the 41-bis regime, during a conversation with his son—an aspiring Juve Stabia player—allegedly advised him, in order to gain more playing time, to "go to Di Maio and tell him you're the son of..."
An episode that, for the DDA, is the clear representation of a system where the line between football, power, and the Camorra has become increasingly blurred.
Juve Stabia, currently under judicial administration, will now face not only the investigation, but also the challenge of rebuilding its credibility after years of shadowy ties and dangerous relationships with the criminal underworld of Castellammare.
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