The shadow cast by the Doppia Curva investigation continues to reach beyond the terraces of San Siro, exposing an alleged weapons network tied to the struggle for control of Inter’s Curva Nord during the summer of 2024.
Mario Beretta, a former Inter ultra leader who is now cooperating with investigators, has described how firearms were allegedly obtained while tension rose between himself, Antonio Bellocco and Marco Ferdico. His statements have led to the recent arrest of Ivan Bittolo, 49, identified in the investigation as a suspected supplier.
Weapons allegations emerge from the Curva Nord dispute
The material at the centre of the case goes well beyond the control of Inter’s organised support, dealings involving Milan supporters, and the killings of Vittorio Boiocchi and Bellocco. Investigators have examined what amounts to a substantial alleged arsenal.
- Four rifles believed to have been stolen
- A pistol
- A Kalashnikov
- A pump-action shotgun
- An Uzi submachine gun
- Three grenades
- Hundreds of rounds of ammunition
- Police-style vests, a flashing blue light and a police paddle
- Laser pointers and bulletproof vests
Beretta has received a 10-year prison sentence for the murder of Bellocco and criminal association with a mafia aggravating factor. He has since become a justice collaborator, offering his account of how the group allegedly sourced weapons at a moment when the internal contest for influence in the Curva Nord had become particularly dangerous.
A summer of growing fear
- During the summer of 2024, the contest for authority in Inter’s Curva Nord intensified between Beretta, Bellocco and Ferdico.
- Beretta feared that he might be killed and sought means of protection.
- He repeatedly visited a restaurant in Cassina de’ Pecchi run by Bittolo, whom he had known since their school years.
- Beretta said he would go there during work breaks and that Bittolo would tell him what weapons were available, asking whether any of it interested him.
- The eventual delivery was said to have been made by an unidentified man whom Beretta described as “a strange type”.
- Beretta’s account contributed to Bittolo’s recent arrest.
Ferdico’s account
Ferdico, another former public face of Inter’s Curva Nord, has also become a justice collaborator. He was sentenced to eight years in the Doppia Curva investigation.
In his account, Ferdico portrayed Bittolo as someone involved in criminal activity and drug dealing, saying that people could approach him if they needed a weapon. Ferdico also said Bittolo had repeatedly claimed connections to Calabrian ’Ndrangheta groups from the Capo Rizzuto area.
For Inter, the case remains a grim off-field chapter: a dispute around the stadium’s most influential section allegedly intersected with organised crime, violence and access to military-style weapons, far removed from the ordinary rhythms of a Serie A season.
