RT Article
T1 A tainted reputation it deserves? Crime in the trotting sector of Dutch horse racing
JF Trends in organized crime
VO 24
IS 4
SP 547
OP 562
A1 Reuselaars, Angelique
A2 Bovenkerk, Frank 1943-
LA English
YR 2021
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1784398241
AB The Netherlands are a small country with an urban underworld history before a serious problem of organized crime has developed since the 1980. The interest of the mob in Horse Race Betting flourished before that time. After a long period of Prohibition since 1911 horse racing (especially trotting) and betting on the results has become a very popular pastime since it was permitted in 1948. Especially during the nineteen seventies and eighties horse races drew a large audience and to a lesser degree they still do. However, bookmaking has always been forbidden since 1911 and that by itself presented in invitation to (organized) crime. Other well-known criminal byproducts of horse racing such as drugging horses, laundering money and matchfixing have been observed but as we measured only to a very moderate degree. The social variety of aficionados for the races is amazing. While doing historical and ethnographic field research at the race tracks we registered a mixture of people of humble origins as well as big entrepreneurs. There were members of the royal family but also well-known criminals. It is amazing to find out to what degree the latter have been accepted by the entire horse racing community.
K1 Organisiertes Verbrechen
K1 Pferderennen
K1 Rennwette
K1 Geldwäsche
K1 Manipulation
K1 Rennpferd
K1 Trotting section of Dutch horse racing
K1 Money Laundering
K1 Drugging race horses
K1 Match-fixing
K1 Bookmaking
K1 Organized Crime
K1 Crime and animals
K1 Niederlande
DO 10.1007/s12117-021-09419-w