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Bulgarian criminals are allegedly involved in huge ATM skimming fraud schemes in Australia. Photo by news.com.au
An Australian media report has suggested that Bulgarian crime figures are involved in multi-million-dollar fraud sprees along Australia's East coast.
The article in the Australian Daily Telegraph newspaper states that Eastern European crime syndicates are using tourist visas to enter Australia and go on multi-million-dollar fraud sprees as part of criminal "world tours".
Crime figures from Romania and Bulgaria have launched scams along the eastern seaboard. Members of eastern European gangs are also behind sophisticated burglary, shoplifting and pickpocket rings according to the article published Monday.
The article concentrates on ATM card skimming, announcing that Australian Fraud Squad detectives are preparing to extradite a Bulgarian-born man from Canada over a major skimming operation carried out in Sydney in 2005. Four Bulgarians were jailed for the scam but more allegedly fled overseas.
Fraud Squad commander Detective Superintendent Col Dyson said eastern Europeans and Russians presented a "huge" fraud threat.
Australian Crime Commission chief executive John Lawler confirmed Eastern European crime gangs pose a serious threat in Australia.
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