Soccer-Former Juve striker Miccoli sentenced to prison for mafia-aggravated extortion


ROME (Reuters) - Former Italy and Juventus striker Fabrizio Miccoli has had a sentence of three-and-a-half years in jail upheld for extortion, aggravated by mafia methods, Italian news agency ANSA reported.

Miccoli was found guilty in 2017 of approaching the son of a mafia boss to recover 12,000 euros from a nightclub owner in Palermo on behalf of a former Palermo football club physio.

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