Violent crime
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Italy : The grapes of wrath are ripe
11 January 2010104 La Stampa Turin -
Hungary: Dark secret of town's anti-Roma attacks
18 August 2009243 Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung Frankfurt -
Czech Republic: New slaves of the building trade
6 August 2009PresseuropLidové noviny -
United Kingdom: Crime, the best of British
2 July 2009PresseuropThe Daily Telegraph
The African migrant workers’ riots in the province of Gioia Tauro, in Calabria, after two of them were shot with airguns, once again lifts the curtain on their deplorable living and working conditions. Now required to leave the city, these illegal immigrants in Rosarno as elsewhere, are often the only people to rise up against the mafias that reign supreme in several regions.
In the seemingly law abiding town of Tatarszentgyörgy, prejuduces against the Roma communinty have spilled over into violence. It would seem that even the local police are complicit in attacks on families, which has prompted the national government to collaborate with the FBI to catch the perpetrators. But this is not an isolated example, the political trend suggests that anti-Roma racism is on the increase.