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>> the Romanian gang flies members into the UK to commit specific offences, then flies them out shortly afterwards, with different members taking the stolen property out of the country by alternative transport methods.

Wow that is really out of the script of so many heist/caper movies I have seen.

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>> the Romanian gang flies members

> Wow that is really out of the script of so many heist/caper movies I have seen.

More literally than you think: The Thomas Crown Affair remake (1999) had the initial break-in team be Romanians:

* https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0155267/faq#fq0018585

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Thomas_Crown_Affair_(1999_...

And even more, former hires of Bitdefender, a Romanian cybersec company also participated in the R&D of Stuxnet, the virus that broke into Iranian nuclear facilities. They were also the first offering protection against it in 2010 [1].

[1] https://www.bitdefender.com/news/bitdefender-offers-free-rem...

Its more common than you think, this was a couple of years ago where I live.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-12-28/shoplifting-luxury-go...

Its also a motivator behind Brexit - regain some control over who comes in and out.

The draconian face scanning devices on the airports of London already do the job mate

Which is the stupidest motivator under the sun for brexit. UK is not part of the schoengen zone and can deny entry to anyone they want to, even EU citizens if it has enough reason to. The only entry points into the country are either by plane, ferry or train, so UK has 100% control and inspection of every person and vehicle coming in and out.

But of course the most damning argument against this nonsense is that countries which have this "absolute control" over their immigration have exactly the same levels of criminals coming over. It's almost as if criminals aren't going to care about regulations, I know, shocking.

They already had that control, https://fullfact.org/europe/border-security-eu/

Russian assassins easily entering the UK and doing their dirty work unimpeded doesn't exactly inspire confidence in post-Brexit border control.

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