On 22 November 2007 the Ufficio di Procura Antidoping del CONI (UPA), the Italian Anti-Doping Prosecutor's Office, has reported several anti-doping rule violations against the physician Dr. Carlo Santuccione, due to the results of the “Oil for Drugs” investigations made by the Italian Carabinieri.
Santuccione had been involved in the purchase, trafficking, marketing, administration, use by himself or by other people doping substances, drugs and/or substances altering the psychophysical state of the body, in order to enhance the sports performance of the following licensed and non-licensed athletes:
- Maurizio Camerini,
- Renzo Asci,
- Luciano Numera,
- Cesare Coconi,
- Riccardo Barotti,
- Maurizio Balestri,
- Alessandro Barotti,
- Mauro Balestri,
- Zoltan Bebto,
- Viscardo Freudiani,
- Danilo Di Luca,
- Giuseppe Gibilisco,
- Alessandro Spezialetti,
- Ruggero Marzioli,
- Domenico Quagliarello,
- Maurizio Di Antonio,
- Vincenzo Cacalano,
- Francesco Marinucci,
- Sergio Urbani,
- Giulio Salvatori,
- Marco Cedroni,
- Mauro De Carolis,
- Alessandro D’Olimpio,
- Eddi Mazzoleni,
- Giuseppe Muraglia,
- Simone and Andrea Masciarelli,
- Daniele Marziani,
- Francesco Di Paolo,
- Ivan Stevic
- and many more unidentified amateur athletes.
Dr Santuccione was charged with unlawful association with another physician, Dr Simone Giustarini, to prescribe doping therapies specifying the suppliers of the drugs and products, as well as the relevant ways to find these products.
The Carabinieri also charged Dr Santuccione with the unlawful marketing, acquisition and administration of many doping substances, including:
- Andriol,
- Decadurabulin,
- Dhea,
- Proviron,
- Testoviron Depot,
- Testovis,
- Winstrol (all anabolic steroids),
- Efedrina,
- Eprex,
- Globuren,
- Profasi HP,
- Rubifen,
- Saizen,
- Synachten (growth hormone).
These substances and drugs had been acquired and transferred to different third parties in Roma, Fiano Romano, Rieti, Vetralla, Pisa, San Giuliano Terme, Marina di Pietrasanta, Pescara, Trieste and in other places until May 2004.
Evidence of the Carabinieri showed communications between the athletes and the doctor about providing instructions, advice, dosage plans, methods, supply and administration of the most varied doping substances. In particular, some athletes told and confessed that they had taken doping substances following the clear advice of Dr Santuccione, who had provided them with dosage plans, training methods, news about the doping drugs, which the doctor considered to have a preparatory function with a view to the enhancement of the sports performance of the athletes who had contacted him.
Considering the evidence the Court concludes that the striking sequence of violations committed by Dr. Santuccione is unprecedented. Therefore the CONI Anti-Doping Supreme Court decides to impose a lifetime ban on Carlo Santuccione. This sanction prohibits him from holding future positions or from carrying out future tasks within CONI, National Sports Federations or Associated Sports Disciplines, or from attending sports facilities, areas for athletes and insiders in Italy, or from taking part in sports events held on the national territory or organized by these sports bodies.
