Inter: The assassination of the head of organized investigations for extorting club officials

THE Vittorio Boiocchi He was a prominent figure at Inter organized in the 1980s and early 1990s until he was arrested on drug trafficking, theft and kidnapping charges and served a total of 26 years in prison. His release from prison returned him (by force) to the role of leader of the organized until he was assassinated outside his home in the Milan suburbs on Saturday.

The execution of the 69-year-old brought to light the latest police investigations into him, some of which were revealed by the Corriere della Sera on Tuesday. Boyoki came under scrutiny for extortion by four Inter officials during the January 2020 signing of Ashley Young.

Boyoki was reportedly upset when he was not informed of the England winger’s upcoming signing by the Nerazzurri people so he and other organized fans could meet him at the airport.

“We’re going to change tactics now. We’re going to do our thing with violence and see what happens,” he reportedly said in a phone call to an Inter player available to authorities who “caught” him with bed bugs. i.e. both on his mobile phone and in his car.

Boyoki made money selling Inter Milan-related merchandise and selling tickets he had secured by the hundreds from the team. His earnings from each game amounted to tens of thousands of euros.

Police are investigating the 69-year-old’s dealings with the club and whether they stem from him blackmailing team officials into supplying him with tickets and offering him the opportunity to resell official team merchandise.

In 2021, Milan prosecutor Leonardo Lesti asked police to drop investigations into four Inter officers over the matter, and claimed to have done so “They were victims of threats and acts of extortion by the Ultras leaders”.

Organized fans are said to have threatened the team’s people that if they didn’t do it they would cause trouble at matches, lighting flares and smoke bombs and resulting in penalties that would cost the club, Corriere della Sera reports.

During Inter’s game against Sampdoria last Saturday, Nerazzurri organizers forced the remaining fans in the upper tier to leave their seats through designated gates to form a pyramid in honor of Boyoki’s assassination.