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07-31-2010, 06:11 AM
ROMANIAN GYPSY CHILDREN SENT TO LOOT UK
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A child trafficker is pinioned on the floor as police raid a gang's stronghold in Tandarei
Saturday July 31,2010
By Padraic Flanagan
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BRITAIN’S open border system was last night blamed for encouraging a Romanian gypsy gang to bring in almost 200 children to beg and steal up to £20million a year on our streets.
The modern-day Fagins face charges of child trafficking, money laundering, membership of an organised crime group and possession of illegal firearms.
The 26 crime barons were arrested in April when Romanian police aided by Scotland Yard officers raided 17 fortified “gypsy palaces” in the poverty-stricken town of Tanderai. They are believed to have trafficked at least 181 children aged between seven and 15 to Britain over the past three years, exposing how powerless border guards are to limit migrants.
Romanian police launched an investigation into the gang after Scotland Yard informed them about a crime wave that started almost as soon as Romania joined the European Union in 2007.
Critics of EU expansion warned that the latest case could be the tip of the iceberg, with unlimited immigration likely to trigger further cases.
http://images.dailyexpress.co.uk/img/dynamic/1/x190/190247_2.jpg British banknotes recovered in raid prove crime pays for the modern Fagins, who enforce their will
Euro MP Nigel Farage, one of the most outspoken critics, said: “Yet again we see suffering that will only be properly addressed if we are in control of our borders.
“How many children need to be abused before we see the folly of not addressing the problem of unlimited EU immigration?”
The menace of child gangs is so prevalent in London and other big cities that many coffee shops and fast-food restaurants have put up warning signs to alert customers.
Police have also issued posters advising the public to be alert to gangs of children distracting victims while others commit crimes.
In the latest drive against the gangs, codenamed Operation Golf, police uncovered enormous bundles of cash and an armoury of weapons including machine guns, hunting rifles, knives, pistols and gas bombs.
Officers also recovered hundreds of fake British passports used to help them transport vulnerable children from Romania to Britain.
As the men were charged in the Romanian town of Harghita yesterday, the prosecutor revealed that they had despatched at least 181 children to Britain over the past three years.
Court papers showed the gypsies preferred to use children with physical handicaps, believing they made more effective beggars.
Their impoverished parents had either been coerced into giving up their children or persuaded to part with them with a promise of getting a cut of their earnings. British police involved in Operation Golf estimate that the desperate children can make as much as £100,000 a year for their criminal masters by begging and stealing on British streets.
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The modern-day Fagins in Romania are thought to earn up to £20million a year from the youngsters.
Sir Andrew Green, chairman of the think-tank MigrationWatch, said: “Roma criminals will not hesitate to expand their activities in Britain if we prove to be a soft touch. We must clamp down very firmly.”
Once in the UK, the children live under constant supervision, often in filthy, overcrowded conditions. They keep none of the money they make from begging, washing windscreens, pickpocketing and shoplifting.
Romanian child-trafficking campaigner Norbert Ceipek said: “Most of the families, and even the children, do not feel they are being victimised.
“What is happening to them is the only thing they’ve known. A child is appreciated if it earns money by stealing, while sending it to school is seen as a waste of time and money.”
According to social workers, once youngsters reach adolescence they are often forced into prostitution.
Mr Ceipek said: “Even the good thieves and pickpockets end up in prostitution past the age of 14, because they cease to be useful as they can then be arrested by police.
“They usually work as prostitutes up to 18, when they get married and have children who face the same fate and the circle goes on.”
Chief Insp Colin Carswell of Operation Golf said: “We are determined to rescue these children from a life of crime. Their trafficking and exploitation for criminality is a gross violation of their human rights.”
A Home Office spokesman said: “The Government is committed to tackling crime groups who profit from this human misery.
“Alongside a robust law enforcement response against traffickers, we are fully committed to identifying and protecting victims.”
These horrid scumbags disfigure there own kids to earn more money as beggers.
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A child trafficker is pinioned on the floor as police raid a gang's stronghold in Tandarei
Saturday July 31,2010
By Padraic Flanagan
http://cdn.images.dailyexpress.co.uk/img/common/commentBubble.gif Have your say(8) (http://www.dailyexpress.co.uk/comments/add/190247)
BRITAIN’S open border system was last night blamed for encouraging a Romanian gypsy gang to bring in almost 200 children to beg and steal up to £20million a year on our streets.
The modern-day Fagins face charges of child trafficking, money laundering, membership of an organised crime group and possession of illegal firearms.
The 26 crime barons were arrested in April when Romanian police aided by Scotland Yard officers raided 17 fortified “gypsy palaces” in the poverty-stricken town of Tanderai. They are believed to have trafficked at least 181 children aged between seven and 15 to Britain over the past three years, exposing how powerless border guards are to limit migrants.
Romanian police launched an investigation into the gang after Scotland Yard informed them about a crime wave that started almost as soon as Romania joined the European Union in 2007.
Critics of EU expansion warned that the latest case could be the tip of the iceberg, with unlimited immigration likely to trigger further cases.
http://images.dailyexpress.co.uk/img/dynamic/1/x190/190247_2.jpg British banknotes recovered in raid prove crime pays for the modern Fagins, who enforce their will
Euro MP Nigel Farage, one of the most outspoken critics, said: “Yet again we see suffering that will only be properly addressed if we are in control of our borders.
“How many children need to be abused before we see the folly of not addressing the problem of unlimited EU immigration?”
The menace of child gangs is so prevalent in London and other big cities that many coffee shops and fast-food restaurants have put up warning signs to alert customers.
Police have also issued posters advising the public to be alert to gangs of children distracting victims while others commit crimes.
In the latest drive against the gangs, codenamed Operation Golf, police uncovered enormous bundles of cash and an armoury of weapons including machine guns, hunting rifles, knives, pistols and gas bombs.
Officers also recovered hundreds of fake British passports used to help them transport vulnerable children from Romania to Britain.
As the men were charged in the Romanian town of Harghita yesterday, the prosecutor revealed that they had despatched at least 181 children to Britain over the past three years.
Court papers showed the gypsies preferred to use children with physical handicaps, believing they made more effective beggars.
Their impoverished parents had either been coerced into giving up their children or persuaded to part with them with a promise of getting a cut of their earnings. British police involved in Operation Golf estimate that the desperate children can make as much as £100,000 a year for their criminal masters by begging and stealing on British streets.
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The modern-day Fagins in Romania are thought to earn up to £20million a year from the youngsters.
Sir Andrew Green, chairman of the think-tank MigrationWatch, said: “Roma criminals will not hesitate to expand their activities in Britain if we prove to be a soft touch. We must clamp down very firmly.”
Once in the UK, the children live under constant supervision, often in filthy, overcrowded conditions. They keep none of the money they make from begging, washing windscreens, pickpocketing and shoplifting.
Romanian child-trafficking campaigner Norbert Ceipek said: “Most of the families, and even the children, do not feel they are being victimised.
“What is happening to them is the only thing they’ve known. A child is appreciated if it earns money by stealing, while sending it to school is seen as a waste of time and money.”
According to social workers, once youngsters reach adolescence they are often forced into prostitution.
Mr Ceipek said: “Even the good thieves and pickpockets end up in prostitution past the age of 14, because they cease to be useful as they can then be arrested by police.
“They usually work as prostitutes up to 18, when they get married and have children who face the same fate and the circle goes on.”
Chief Insp Colin Carswell of Operation Golf said: “We are determined to rescue these children from a life of crime. Their trafficking and exploitation for criminality is a gross violation of their human rights.”
A Home Office spokesman said: “The Government is committed to tackling crime groups who profit from this human misery.
“Alongside a robust law enforcement response against traffickers, we are fully committed to identifying and protecting victims.”
These horrid scumbags disfigure there own kids to earn more money as beggers.