What is it about Romania?
I’ve had the chance to travel a fair bit this year.
I’ve met trileros in Spain, pigeon droppers in Paris, street performers in Edinburgh, and TV producers in London.
But the one place I’m yet to visit is Romania.
Apart from possibly Nigeria, Romania seems to be the global capital for con artists.
Of all of the three card monte swindlers I’ve met, the majority are Romanian.
Immigration at Heathrow keep coming across Romanians trying to enter the country to commit benefit fraud.
Melbourne was hit by a gang of Romanian pickpockets early in the year.
On the Gold Coast, a group of Romanian fraudsters attached skimmers to ATMs.
Romania was voted the most corrupt country in Europe. (It’s so corrupt, the first three online references I found to support the claim were deemed a security risk by Mcafee!)
What is it about Romania?
Why does this small little country produce so many con artists?
It’s the Gypsies!
http://romania-crime-watch.netfirms.com/