Romani Gypsies Street Begging

There are Romani gypsies begging on the street outside my workplace every day. They're not breaking the law and they seem to be getting quite a bit of money. Normally there's just one each day but there's only one beggar at a time on the street and they therefore seem to get money from most passers by who pity their situation.

I also work with a Romanian lady who tells me how ashamed she feels when she sees Roman Gypsies begging anywhere in Ireland or Europe. She showed me a video on Youtube "Asta-i Romania - In Anglia cersesc, iar in Romania isi fac palate!"which tells a story about how Romani gypsies are sent to Ireland and the UK by wealthy ringleaders/barons living in vulgar palaces in Romania and then have the gypsies wire the money back to these people in Romania.
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The point I'm making is if you give money to a Romani beggar the chances are you're giving money to those living in the likes of what's shown on the video from 2:56 onwards. This guy talks about sending his sons to beg on the streets in Dublin and says he feels no shame for what they bring back and how he now lives in this house/monstrosity of a building. At 5:04 you'll see an Irish reg BMW.

The video shows how the poorest gypsies in Romania are normally exploited by being trafficked to Ireland and then their purpose is to collect as much money both begging and social welfare to send back to Romania to those living in palaces (literally). The lady at 1:56 gets aggressive when a BBC reporter confronts her about how she managed to live in such a huge palace.

Bear this in mind next time you feel the need to give some spare change to a Romani gypsy beggar. I once offered our beggar a sandwich and he turned his nose up at it.