Romanian gangs behind nine in ten cashpoint robberies rake in £30m a year

Published by Julia Volkovah under , on 2:05 AM
More than 90 per cent of all cash machine fraud in the UK is attributed to Romanian gangs. This picture of a baby rolling in money plundered from British bank accounts was just one image found by police when they raided a safe house used by criminals from the east European country.

More than nine in ten cashpoint crimes are committed by Romanian gangs.

The fraudsters come to Britain specifically to target cash machines, and use a range of sophisticated equipment to acquire the bank details of unsuspecting victims.

£30million is stolen through the crimes each year. In the first three months of last year, detectives identified 120 Romanians linked to cashpoint crime, with the majority from or connected to the Bacau region. Read More
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