Three Bulgarian Roma have been condemned to heavy prison sentences for the murder of another Rom in the North of France. According to the police, the fight arose over the control of the “lucrative” begging in the region.
This is bad, first because begging has never really been a criminal activity, much less a lucrative one. So here, the stereotypes of the Roma begging criminal rings is in full swing.

– Règlement de comptes sur fond de contrôle de mendiants: trois Roms condamnés à 17 et 18 ans de prison. In: Libération. 10.11.2017. http://www.liberation.fr/societe/2017/11/10/reglement-de-comptes-sur-fond-de-controle-de-mendiants-trois-roms-condamnes-a-17-et-18-ans-de-prison_1609382 [link-preview url=”http://www.liberation.fr/societe/2017/11/10/reglement-de-comptes-sur-fond-de-controle-de-mendiants-trois-roms-condamnes-a-17-et-18-ans-de-prison_1609382″]