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The Government of the Republic of Serbia

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Inspection of fans entering stadium in Genoa gravely insufficient

Belgrade, 13 October 2010

First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Interior Ivica Dacic said today that preparation for the Italy-Serbia football match in Genoa was not carried out properly since a small group of fans managed to disrupt it.

Author: Fonet

Dacic stressed that the intervention of the Italian police, who made a very big omission by not preventing the hooliganism and attack on the Serbian national team during the match, should have been much more efficient and they should not have allowed fans to enter the stadium with so many implements.

The Italian police did not request any information, nor did they contact us in any way before the match. We sent them at our own initiative information on the number of fans and the route of their movements, the Minister confirmed in the Ice bar in Belgrade where he presented an award to police officer of the first class Sasa Cordic.

The Football Association of Serbia also did not request any help from the Serbian police, nor did they ask for an escort for the fans or the Serbian football team.

Our police cannot maintain public peace and order in Italy, but if a few Serbian police officers had gone to Italy, they could have served as liaison officers between the local police and the Football Association, he proposed.

Asked whether Serbia will prosecute those responsible for the violence in Genoa, he explained that this will depend on whether there are legal grounds for this to happen.

First we have to wait and see how the process will end in Italy and for which offences the fans will be processed there. Then we will determine if we have legal grounds to initiate proceedings against them here as well, the Minister explained.

Dacic affirmed that the police have a list of all persons who bought tickets for the Genoa game and will inspect the lists of all fans who attended last night’s game.