When it comes to criminals, Travellers are unique in the sense that a lot of the time they primarily target old people with such scams. They are ruthless in targeting the most vulnerable segments of society.
They've been in the news a lot in Australia with these home renovation scams.
Yep, same here. Even though it seems to have cooled down as compared to 3 years ago. These kind of scams are definitely their trademark, no one else seems to pull them off.
Regarding crime, they're a completely different breed from the Dutch travellers ("woonwagenbewoners" / "kampers") - since the Dutch are more associated with traditional organized crime: large scale drug trafficking, gunrunning, fencing, extortion (mostly regarding other drug traffickers and money launderers), buying up brothels...
