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Begging mafia kept 40 people in flat, police say

Romanian mafia bosses forced up to 40 people to live in a cramped, tiny flat, police in Vienna have said.

Sixteen gang chiefs were arrested in Romania and Austria last month following a crackdown on organised begging in the Austrian capital.

Now Federal Crime Office (BK) official Gerald Tatzgern revealed the criminals forced up to 40 beggars of their organisation to sleep in a dirty, small Viennese apartment.

"Everyone of them had to rake in 80 Euros a day. If they didn't then gang bosses violently abused them," he said today (Mon).

All suspects were extradited to Romania recently where they face a trial.

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