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    Organised crime gang tried to buy Lazio

    Tuesday, July 22, 2008

    ROME, July 22 (Reuters) - A notorious Italian organised crime gang tried to buy soccer club Lazio through third parties using funds gained from violence and intimidation, authorities said on Tuesday. The plan by the Casalesi clan of the Camorra, the Naples version of the mafia, came to light as police in Rome served arrest warrants to 10 people including former Lazio player and president Giorgio Chinaglia. In 2006 Lazio president Claudio Lotito was given police protection after receiving threa ...

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