ABSTRACT

Actions taken The city of Milan and the Lombardy region have undertaken various measures to tackle corruption and organised crime, including an Anti-Mafia Committee, which reports directly to the mayor of Milan, a Municipality Council Anti-Mafia Commission and a ‘Head of Corruption

of Italian sport that public opinion first became sensitised to the risks of organised crime and illegality in sport, even at the grassroots level. Against this background, the City of Milan initiated a policy to prevent and combat criminal infiltration of public sports facilities, thus integrating sport into its anti-Mafia agenda. This was led by the Commissione Consigliare Antimafia (Anti-Mafia Advice Committee) through its chairman, David Gentili, in coordination with the Assessorato allo Sport (Department of Sport) and the Commissione Consigliare Sport (Sports Advice Committee).