





Dozens of Romanians convicted in Ireland in 2008 only
A few cases in 2008:
- On March 28, 12 Romanians were arrested during Police raids in Tallaght (South-West Dublin), with 30,000 euro worth of goods recovered. The group was specialized in stealing from cars and homes.
- Also in March: Three Romanian women were caught stealing salami and coffee in a food supermarket. They were fined 250 euro each and got a warning.
- In April, a 22-year old woman was caught stealing products worth 29 euro from a Tesco supermarket. In court, she said it was only because she was hungry. The judges let her go, under monitoring.
- A Romanian maintenance employee stole a laptop from the company he was working for.
- Two weeks ago, two Romanians were arrested after ambushing a man withdrawing cash from an ATM.