Napoli Mafia could be behind the violence in the 'calcio'

* 'We are dealing with organised crime', says Interior Minister

The Italian police suspected that the Napoli mafia is behind the disturbances caused by fans radicals in the first day of 'calcio'. "We have reason to believe that the disorder caused by the followers of Napoli were incited by organized crime," said on Wednesday the head of the Italian polícia, Antonio Manganelli.

Faced with this situation, the Rome government deliberates on the imposition of draconian sanctions. It is expected, for example, that the Security Committee of the Ministry of Interior ban this season that fans travelling to matches involving his team away from home.

The Interior Minister, Roberto Maroni, already announced "drastic decisions". "Here we are not faced with organized amateur, but with organized crime," said the politician, who announced "merciless punishment".

Should the unrest on Sunday before the game of Napoli at home to Rome had been planned, the authors could be sued for membership of a criminal association, which is punishable by several years of jail. The five arrested on Sunday appear before the court on October 1.

Punishment for troublemakers ... and the police

The harsh sanctions against the rioters have full acceptance in Italy. The opposition was merely warning that should not be punishing the real fans by the excesses of a few criminals.

The president of the Italian Football Federation, Giancarlo Abete, called for a different look and opposed the holding of games without a public. "It would be wrong to punish clubs," he said.

For his part, the president of the League, Antonio Matarrese, said in the deliberations of the commission seguriad in Rome that "we can not punish the entire city of Naples for the acts of criminals una banda."

At the same time, grew up in Italy criticism against the police Neapolitan, as not adequately prepared for the riots despite them being predictable. "The police chief of Naples, Antonino Pugliese, could be removed", speculation in its edition of Wednesday 'La Gazzetta dello Sport'.

The country's police chief sent his deputy Nicola Cavalieri and other prominent players to Naples to monitor the course of investigations.

On Sunday, about 200 followers of violent Napoli seized and demolished a train journey from Rome, also destroying 20 buses in the Italian capital. The overall damage was estimated at half a million euros (about 735,000 dollars). In clashes with railroad employees and police injured four people.