Top football referee ‘unmasked as drug boss’

A senior official at Italy’s association of football referees has been accused of living a double life as an international drug trafficker nicknamed ‘‘Rambo’’ who helped to smuggle tonnes of marijuana from Spain and threatened to torture his rivals. The arrest of Rosario D’Onofrio, 42, has sent shockwaves through the National Association of Referees, which appointed him last year to run its national disciplinary department.