London tabloids triggered outrage in a Southern Romanian village as they accuse the local community involvement in human trafficking, one newspaper reads on Monday. Elsewhere in the news, the Government plans to forbid smoking at work. And a Romanian climber dies at 6,000 meters on the Aconcagua highs in Argentina.
Romania Libera quotes Londonese tabloids like The Daily Mail or The Sun that read about some 150 Gypsy children forced to give up school in Tandarai village, Romania and beg in London. The tabloids support their arguments quoting a local school director talking about this.
However, principal Steluta Mitrea says that the newspapers misquoted her, as she only declared that some 150 kids gave up school, never mentioning a trafficking network set up by the Gypsies.
Contacted Romanian villagers said that years ago two Gypsy traffickers lived in their village but they claim they have moved. Whatever the truth, Gypsies here do not seem to be better off than their counterparts in other parts of Romania, the newspaper reads.
Given this, local Gypsy representatives say they will sue the British newspapers for misleading and misinforming public opinion. Many Gypsies from the village left abroad in search for a better life.
Another British newspaper, The Times reads that British authorities were forced to re-organize their resources to better cope with the Gypsies fleeing into Britain. Moreover, the newspaper reads that a couple of weeks ago, three Gypsy children were arrested while caught shoplifting.
Police officers discovered at least 27 children in one location, many of them under 1 year old. Authorities argue that children trafficking returns profits as high as 1 billion pounds every year.
Elsewhere in the news, the Government plans to forbid smoking at work, Gandul reads. The newspa