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Italy. 70 players involved, four arrests… A luxury prostitution scandal shakes football

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Italian football could be facing a new crisis. The revelations of recent days could shake the football world on the other side of the Alps. The Italian sports newspaper “La Gazzetta dello Sport” revealed on Monday that the Milanese police had arrested four people associated with the Ma. De. Milano agency for “complicity and exploitation of prostitution” and “money laundering.”

According to the Italian daily, this agency initially organized meals in a prestigious restaurant in Milan. The evening would then continue in renowned nightclubs or luxury hotels in the Lombard city. While trips to Mykonos were sometimes organized by this agency, sexual services were also offered to the clients, all of whom were wealthy.

According to the initial elements of the investigation, most of the clients were business people, celebrities, and athletes, including “at least 70 footballers.” “La Gazzetta” also claims that one of the women announced she was pregnant after a relationship with a player. In total, “the investigation confirmed a turnover exceeding 1.2 million euros,” the Italian newspaper added.