Trapani Shark, a basketball club in Italy, has taken an official step that shakes the top of Italian basketball. The lawyers of the companies led by President Valerio Antonini have sent a formal pre-contemptuous act and a warning to FIP and LBA. The request of Trapani Shark is peremptory: the convocation of an institutional negotiation table within 15 days, the revision in autotutela of all sanctions and expulsions, the immediate reintroduction into the Serie A championship for the 2026/2027 season and a compensation for damages estimated at no less than 48 million euros. The sentence of the Court of Justice of First Instance of Trapani has excluded the aggravating circumstance of fraudulent conduct, with the sanctions reduced to the minimum edictary of 70%. Trapani Shark has also clarified its position on the operational rectification carried out in May 2025. Gianluca Alfieri, a central figure in the investigation on the assignment of fictitious tax credits that also involved Brescia Calcio, has been arrested. The Brescia prosecutor's office has requested the archiving of the case for the president of the rondinelle, Massimo Cellino, explicitly qualifying him as a victim of the fraudulent system. Trapani Shark has been arrested for having suffered a damage of 3.9 million euros. Trapani Shark has also clarified its position on the operational rectification carried out in May 2025.
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