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Most of them have some "boss" who is collecting all the money, and giving them just a bit of it. So instead of giving them money, it's much better to buy them
by 300 12y ago
Most of them have some "boss" who is collecting all the money, and giving them just a bit of it.
So instead of giving them money, it's much better to buy them food or something else what they really need.
- throwaway283719 12y agoThat's interesting, if it's true. Do you have a source?
- dewey 12y agoNot the author of the parent comment but it's quite common here in Austria for beggars to arrive in busses, sprawl out in the morning, hit the "begging" hotspots / touristy areas and then drive back in the evening while giving a chunk of their earnings to their "boss". Couldn't really find great english articles about this phenomenon so I don't know how reliable these sources are, the local media usually calls it "begging mafia" or "organised begging": - A paper dealing with this topic: http://webs.schule.at/website/Texte_online/Organized_Begging.pdf http://webs.schule.at/website/Texte_online/Organized_Begging... - http://www.neurope.eu/article/slovak-clans-control-organised-begging-vienna http://www.neurope.eu/article/slovak-clans-control-organised... - http://www.viennareview.net/news/austria/end-station-for-u-bahn-beggars http://www.viennareview.net/news/austria/end-station-for-u-b... - http://viennatimes.at/news/General_News/2010-09-06/25437/Begging%20mafia%20kept%2040%20people%20in%20flat,%20police%20say http://viennatimes.at/news/General_News/2010-09-06/25437/Beg...
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