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Do EU migrants fuel crime levels?

Updated on 19 September 2007

By Katie Brown

UK police join forces with their Romanian counterparts to tackle criminal gangs taking advantage of EU enlargement.

In the six months since Romania joined the EU in January, thousands have come here under EU freedom of movement laws.

But alongside the visitors and legal workers, police have uncovered criminal networks they blame for a sevenfold increase in the number of crimes committed by Romanians in London alone.

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