Castellammare di Stabia – The legal cleanup operation surrounding Juve Stabia is expanding. Following the judicial administration's axe falling on the football club, the Prefect of Naples, Michele di Bari, has signed 11 anti-mafia prohibitions against companies operating in the financial sphere of the Castellammare di Stabia club, currently playing in Serie B.
The administrative action is the direct consequence of the judicial upheaval that has hit the team. The bans, in fact, stem from the much more severe preventive measure imposed against Juve Stabia by the Naples Court – Preventive Measures Section.
The judicial administration of the club had been requested by a high-profile investigative team: the joint proposal bears the signatures of the National Anti-Mafia and Anti-Terrorism Prosecutor, Giovanni Melillo , the Naples Prosecutor, Nicola Gratteri, and the Police Chief, Maurizio Agricola.
To straighten out the sports club's course and isolate it from external pressure, the Court has already appointed two judicial administrators: Salvatore Scarpa and Mario Ferrara.
An “air conditioning system”
The preventive measure, as reported in a statement from the Prefecture, is the result of a "complex investigative effort" that revealed a veritable "system of influence" on Juve Stabia's economic activities. Investigators identified clear interference by the Camorra clan dominant in the Stabia area.
The 11 companies banned today represented the club's operational chain. According to the Prefecture's analysis, these companies proved to be "permeable and at risk of criminal infiltration," affecting the team's entire management structure.
From transport to ticketing: the infiltrated supply chain
The sectors managed by the banned companies were crucial to the functioning of Juve Stabia . The list provided covers nearly every aspect of club life: from doormanship to internal security, from the delicate stewarding service at the stadium to ticketing management.
But the tentacles also extended to catering, cleaning services, related health services and even logistics, including the transportation of the first team.
"The prohibitory measures issued by the Prefect," the official statement states, "are part of a broader framework of protecting legality and economic development." The stated goal is to "protect civil society from the pressure of criminal organizations, supporting the legal economy and free competition."
