News emerged late last week that several police officers from the Antwerp Local Police Service have been probed for playing at local casinos and accessing online gambling websites to wager money. The policemen have been suspected of assuming other people’s identities in order to be able to gamble.
Members of Belgium’s law enforcement system are prohibited from any form of gambling.
Their national registration numbers are included in a special database aimed to prevent them from engaging in any such activities.
Peter Naessens, Director at the gambling regulator, has told local media that the probed police officers have not played only recreationally and that commissioners have also acquired evidence that the issue may actually be much larger in scale than initially expected. (READ SO: ONLINE GAMBLING MANAGE UNIT THREE COUNTRIES AROUND IT PROHIBITION)
Mr. Naessens further pointed out that large amounts of money have apparently been gambled by the investigated individuals, amounts that have surpassed the average monthly wage. It also seems that the issue is of gambling law enforcement members is not just limited to the Antwerp police.
