Romanians top league of overseas criminals

[grahamw48]

Might be an unpopular view, but I've been to Romania, albeit a long time ago, and I was amazed by how friendly the people were. This was especially telling, as it was less than a year after they'd had a revolution, and prior to that if they had been seen talking to a foreigner, then they would have had a visit from the secret police. That sort of fear in society takes a long time to go.
I have trouble reconciling my personal experience with the facts on our streets. I absolutely hate to start making such suggestions, however the Romanians you see in pictures being arrested and begging, they look different in features and dress from the Romanians I saw over there.

You can probably guess where this is leading.

There is a similar thing in Turkey. Go to resorts there, talk to people and Turks are just........well, very astute people you wouldn't want to get into an arguement with. They know all the tricks, but aren't "bad" people, same as anyone anywhere.
Anything really bad happens though, every single time, they will say "oh they are Kurds".
Hmmmmmm

I think it's accepted that we're talking about Roma Gypsies...not the general population of Romania, who I'm sure are quite a different sort of people.

It has been pretty well documented that the Romas are up to no good when they come here and to other EU countries.

[Dedworth]

I think it's accepted that we're talking about Roma Gypsies...not the general population of Romania, who I'm sure are quite a different sort of people.

It has been pretty well documented that the Romas are up to no good when they come here and to other EU countries.

The ones often pictured in the press or on TV involved in begging, doping babies, selling the Big Issue are Roma generally of Romanian nationality. These are the people France is currently getting to grips with. Other Romanians dressed in standard European garb with more Latin/Mediterranean features are the ones heavily involved in ATM skimming, shoplifting, people trafficking, identity fraud etc