Football and the Camorra: Juve Stabia stadium seized for organized crime infiltration. From ticket offices to stewards, from drinks to ambulances: an entire stadium in the hands of the D'Alessandro clan. This is the hypothesis of the Naples District Anti-Mafia Directorate.
The 28-page decree from the Naples Court, Section for the Application of Preventive Measures, summarizes the findings of the investigations by the Castellammare di Stabia police station and the Naples Flying Squad, coordinated by the Naples Anti-Mafia Directorate (DDA), which led to the application of the judicial administration measure against SS Juve Stabia srl.
The order, signed by judges Teresa Areniello (rapporteur), Mariarosaria Orditura, and Luciano Di Transo, is dated late September of this year.
The kidnapping and the shadow of the clan
The judicial report is clear: "SS Juve Stabia was effectively conditioned—if not subservient—to the Stabia Camorra." The seizure order comes at the end of an investigation that reconstructed a widespread network of criminal infiltration in every sector connected to the yellow and blue team.
From the ticket office to the catering services, from cleaning to ambulances, up to security and organized fan support, the men of the D'Alessandro clan controlled – directly or through front men – every activity that revolved around the Romeo Menti stadium in Castellammare di Stabia.
Rigged tickets and "phantom" season tickets
The starting point of the investigation is ticketing management. In May 2023, Juve Stabia entrusted the electronic ticketing and sponsorship service to Come on Web Srl.
Behind what appeared to be a normal commercial transaction, investigators discovered a system that allowed criminals and banned players to freely access the stadium.
Falsified personal data, season tickets registered to non-existent minors or fictitious "under 16s": among the beneficiaries are Emanuele Tremante, a historic ultras leader, close to the D'Alessandro clan; Giuseppe Di Nola, Catello Manuel Spagnuolo and the Carolei brothers, all connected or related to well-known criminal figures.
The ticket sales network was then managed by commercial establishments that, according to investigators, are linked to figures linked to organized crime, including a bar owned by the wife of a member of the Cesarano clan.
The “family” restaurant
The stadium's refreshment stand had also fallen under the control of the Camorra. It was formally run by a company run by a woman who employed people investigators believe were directly linked to the D'Alessandros.
Among them were Luigi Staiano, nephew of boss Luigi D'Alessandro; his brother-in-law Francesco Fico; and Catello Filosa, a convicted drug offender and a former banning order. Rounding out the picture were Domenico Di Maio and Francesco Maggio, both implicated in investigations into the clan.
Prosecutor Pasquale Rapicano recounts a multi-million dollar business run “on behalf of the D'Alessandros,” with the woman merely as a front: “... the clan pays, the company belongs to the D'Alessandros.”
The clan's cleaning and ambulances
Even cleaning services were not immune to mafia influence.
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The name of Annunziata Caso, wife of Aldo Gionta – a leading member of the Torre Annunziata clan – appears among the employees of the two companies.
The same scenario was repeated in the ambulance service, entrusted to a company that took over from the “Croce Verde” company, which had already been seized years earlier because it was owned by the D'Alessandros.
According to Rapicano, "ambulances have always been our business." The clan apparently only changed its facade, continuing to run the service through new front men.
Collaborator Rapicano summarizes the situation thus: "The stadium is like the city hall, in the hands of the D'Alessandro clan." Even the team's transportation for away games and training sessions was handled by men close to the clan. Pasquale Esposito, son-in-law of boss Luigi D'Alessandro and formally employed by another club, was identified several times as the driver of the first-team bus in 2020 and 2021.
When the contract was awarded to another travel company, the club's official sponsor, the substance – according to investigators – remained unchanged: another front company, apparently unrelated, but part of the same power structure.
Ultras, security and territorial control
The heart of the Camorra's dominance, however, beat within the organized fan base. The Gialloblù ultras, informants say, were led by top members of the clan: Giovanni Imparato, known as 'o Paglialone, Emanuele Tremante, Vincenzo Ingenito, and Giovanni D'Alessandro.
In addition to free season tickets and membership cards, the clan demanded sums of money and visibility. During matches, the fans displayed banners honoring Luigi 'o Lione, the clan's founder.
On February 9, 2025, during the Juve Stabia–Bari match, police officers identified Giovanni Imparato and Tremante near the turnstile, despite both having been issued bans. "I do things here that you can't do," Imparato told an officer.
Stewards and “shadow” security
Behind the company Vip Security Srls, in charge of security, investigators found Luigi D'Esposito, without a license but already known for his ties to the Cesarano clan.
Despite the prefect's bans, Juve Stabia continues to entrust him with the security service, so much so that he is listed as "deputy security delegate".
In reality, investigators explain, "order at the stadium is guaranteed by the clan's men." Tremante, Ingenito, Rossetti and the young D'Alessandros guarded the entrances and the stands "on behalf of the family."
A club held hostage by the Camorra
The court documents paint a disturbing picture: a provincial football club, pushed towards Serie B, but trapped in the web of Camorra power.
“To believe that Juve Stabia is merely conditioned and not subjugated,” the judge wrote, “is more than reasonable doubt.”
The Camorra, taking advantage of football's social influence, allegedly used the team as a showcase, a tool for consensus, and a lever for control over the Castellammare area.
A perverse plot, in which sporting passion becomes a cover for a mafia power system that, between tickets, drinks and minibuses, has transformed the Romeo Menti stadium into its true "fortress".
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