An astonishing affair in the world of football! Rosario D’Onofrio, the boss of referees in Serie A, has been arrested by Italian police for international drug trafficking. The chief prosecutor of the association of referees is accused with 42 other people of having smuggled more than six tons of drugs into Lombardy. D’Onofrio was arrested last Thursday in Milan, along with the other accused, this is confirmed by the Italian media the Republic. The leaders of the Italian Association of Referees confirmed the resignation of the chief prosecutor in the process, declining to go into details.
“Onofrio had been chosen to head the Arbitral Prosecutor’s Office with the new management and on October 28, he was referred by the Italian Football Federation (FIGC) Prosecutor’s Office for “failure to initiate formal disciplinary proceedings after the denunciation of the former assistant”
Rosario D’Onofrio faces a heavy prison sentence after these heavy charges.
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An astonishing affair in the world of football! Rosario D’Onofrio, the boss of referees in Serie A, has been arrested by Italian police for international drug trafficking. The referees association’s chief prosecutor is accused along with 42 others of smuggling more than six tonnes of drugs into Lombardy
