It appears that Fagin's are back in the UK with this story of young children being dropped into the hatches of charity recycling banks, to steal second-hand clothing meant for the third world.
"They are putting a person into the hopper, usually a child, into a dark metal bank not knowing what's in there.... " Sue Ray the Oxfam spokeswoman said. She added that said the donations were "desperately needed" by shops and appealed for people to take bags directly into branches.
Is this a sign of increased poverty in the UK, or the work of 'gangs' from Albania / Roumania etc?
Who can tell, the story doesn't speculate, nor give more details.
So all I can say is that like the petrol stealing from farmhouses last year, its a new low in the UK.
Sunday, 20 December 2009
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Maybe they were just donating the children!
ReplyDeleteGood point! I hadn't thought of that.
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