Byline: Ian Gallagher; 2013-11-30; London Daily Mail;
Report: Criminals and Crime Rings
Tags: Britain, Bulgaria, Daily Mail, London, pickpockets, Roma
Article Links"The Kardarashi lead ordered, comfortable lives and compared with other Roma groups they enjoy a high standard of living. They choose to live in the suburbs of Stara Zagora, rather than more ramshackle settlements in the city centre. " . . . Even by Roma standards, the clan is particularly insular and conservative. Disputs are always settled internally by a strictly hierarchical leadership and there is little interaction with mainstream authority. The police simply leave them alone. " 'Yes, we train our children to pick pockets but we educate them properly too and want them to get good jobs. Pickpocketing is just part of our heritage. . . . "
Description:To gain access to the secret world of these Bulgarian pickpockets, the Daily Mail on Sunday sent a team to Stara Zagora "posing as London criminals seeking to establish links with Roma groups ahead of January 1, when the UK border controls lapse."
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