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Suspected offences, those named in match-fixing probe (ANSA) - Rome, May 16 - Following is a fact box on possible charges facing ex-officials, referees, players and others in several probes into Italian soccer .NAPLES PROBE Charge: Setting up a criminal organisation to control Italian soccer for Juventus and other clubs linked to the network, making huge illegal profits, rigging the 2004-2005 Serie A season Under investigation: Juventus ex-general manager Luciano Moggi, Juve ex-CEO Antonio Giraudo, ex-soccer federation (FIGC) vice president Innocenzo Mazzini, ex-referee selectors Paolo Bergamo and Pierlugi Pairetto, No.1 referee Massimo De Santis Charge: Taking part in said organisation Under investigation: Moggi and 40 others including the above plus FIGC ex-president Franco Carraro, FIGC secretary Francesco Ghirelli, eight referees, 11 linesmen, Italian Refs Association chief Tullio Lanese, Fiorentina Chairman Andrea Della Valle, Fiorentina Honorary President Diego Della Valle, Lazio Chairman Claudio Lotito, Milan director Leonardo Meani, Finance Guard General Francesco Attardi, RAI state TV journalist Ignazio Scardina Clubs suspected of involvement: Juve, AC Milan, Fiorentina, Lazio Charge: Sporting fraud (fixing 19 matches) Under investigation: Moggi, others Charge: Abduction and threats, for locking referee Gianluca Paparesta and linesmen into locker room after November 6, 2004 Reggina-Juventus game, which Juve lost Under investigation: Moggi, Giraudo Charge: Embezzling public funds by illegal use of police cars to drive and escort Moggi and associates around Rome Under investigation: Moggi, his son Alessandro, policemen Fabio Basili and Pierlugi Vitelli ROME PROBE Charge: Illegal competition, violence, threats involving GEA player agency Under investigation: Moggi, his son and GEA chief Alessandro, GEA partner Chiara Geronzi (daughter of Banca di Roma chief Cesare Geronzi), GEA CEO and player agent Franco Zavaglia PARMA PROBE Charge: Illegal sports betting Under investigation: Juventus and Italy goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon and three ex-Juve players: Antonio Chimenti, Enzo Maresca, Mark Iuliano TURIN PROBE Charge: False accounting Under investigation: Giraudo Photo: Clockwise from top left: Moggi, Giraudo, Mazzini, Bergamo, De Santis, Pairetto
