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FOR ORGANISED CRIMINALS? A tiny percentage of against professional A crimes tiny percentage of crimes footballers are ever reported against professional footballers in the media. Most never reach are ever reported in the the public’s attention, but the media. Most never reach the scale is staggering. public’s attention, but the scale is staggering. The assumption is that only players ` in The assumption is that only players in the League and and top other top the Premier Premier League European European are targeted, but leagues leagues are targeted, but this is not true. this is not true. Of course, professional footballers can Of become course, professional footballers victims of crimes carriedcan out become victimsspeculative of crimes carried outStill, by low-level, criminals. by when low-level, criminals. they speculative become victims of crime in Still, when they itbecome victims of of their homes, will be at the hands crime in their homes, will inevitably sophisticated careerit criminals. beThere at the hands of sophisticated are several variables career which criminals. influence target selection by
higher-level criminals, but male professional footballers, in the main, have been and will continue to be targeted for three main reasons:
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