Beorn
09-05-2009, 01:15 AM
This was an incredibly in-depth one hour programme about the Roma Gypsies of Europe (mostly centred in Spain, Italy and Romania) and I was waiting for it to come on to the BBC playback to post.
It takes you on a journey starting in Spain and ending in Romania, where you will see the children robbing people blind at the ATMs and then taking their revenue back to their controllers at the camp. And what a place that camp was. People in Britain complain...sheesh.
The programme then skips to Italy and shows you how Italy are cracking down on the Roma Gypsy and the social schemes set up to enable them to attempt to enter a normal, civil life.
It finally ends in Romania where we see where the millions of pounds they have stolen worldwide has ended up. We see the local Mafia man and he takes you on a journey through the garish neighbourhood anyone could hope to see.
Across Europe thousands of Roma (Gypsy) children are being forced onto the streets to beg and steal, and law enforcement agencies are seemingly powerless to prevent it.
Cash machines in Madrid are a particular target for street crime. The cardholder is distracted at the crucial moment by one person, allowing a child to dive in, grab the money and run off.
Thirteen-year-old Daniela says she can make 300 euros (£260) from a single successful robbery without any risk of being punished.
Read more here. (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_depth/8226580.stm)
And here (http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00mkjyd/This_World_Gypsy_Child_Thieves/) is the full programme. (To those outside of the UK, you will need a proxy).
It takes you on a journey starting in Spain and ending in Romania, where you will see the children robbing people blind at the ATMs and then taking their revenue back to their controllers at the camp. And what a place that camp was. People in Britain complain...sheesh.
The programme then skips to Italy and shows you how Italy are cracking down on the Roma Gypsy and the social schemes set up to enable them to attempt to enter a normal, civil life.
It finally ends in Romania where we see where the millions of pounds they have stolen worldwide has ended up. We see the local Mafia man and he takes you on a journey through the garish neighbourhood anyone could hope to see.
Across Europe thousands of Roma (Gypsy) children are being forced onto the streets to beg and steal, and law enforcement agencies are seemingly powerless to prevent it.
Cash machines in Madrid are a particular target for street crime. The cardholder is distracted at the crucial moment by one person, allowing a child to dive in, grab the money and run off.
Thirteen-year-old Daniela says she can make 300 euros (£260) from a single successful robbery without any risk of being punished.
Read more here. (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_depth/8226580.stm)
And here (http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00mkjyd/This_World_Gypsy_Child_Thieves/) is the full programme. (To those outside of the UK, you will need a proxy).