not sure about the US, but in Europe you often have people begging on streets who are actually working for a group of (often foreign) criminals, who then collec

not sure about the US, but in Europe you often have people begging on streets who are actually working for a group of (often foreign) criminals, who then collect the money and maybe provide the beggars with modest shelter/protection. There were speculations it could be a case of human trafficking. Obviously that's a whole different kind of homelessness to what the article above is describing.