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Trafficking row raises questions

By Katie Brown

Updated on 06 February 2008

More4 News investigates whether Roma, and Romanians in general, are being unfairly stigmatised as criminals in the UK.

This follows five people being charged with trafficking in connection with recent raids in Slough, which police said were aimed at Romanian gangs using children to commit crimes.

The Tories are calling on the government to take tougher action against eastern European criminals, echoing what police are saying in private.

But what could the government do within EU law?

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