High-stakes online gambling is driving addicts struggling to pay off huge debts to turn to offending, Norfolks crime commissioner has warned.
Giles Orpen-Smellie said the danger posed by pernicious gambling meant it should now be ranked alongside alcohol and illegal drugs as one of the main driving forces behind crime in the region.
They all involve a need for money and people who need money whocannot earn enough will turn to finding it through other means, he said.
That might be through theft or through fraud, but they will find it.
Mr Orpen-Smellie made his comments after several recent high profile court cases involving peoplewhoseoffending was linked to the…
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