Even the 6 year old roma kids will pick your pocket. There training to be criminals starts at birth.
When I go to Europe, I wear a money pouch around my neck. I made sure I had nothing in my pockets.
Even in the mid '80s, they were HORRIBLE in England and in Italy, they kidnapped tourists' children and held them for randsome.
*** Even the 6 year old roma kids will pick your pocket. There training to be criminals starts at birth. ***
I was in Rome, near the Colosseum, and some gypsy kids swarmed a Japanese tourist to steal his camera. The group of Japanese tourists he was with were all busy taking pictures of the incident. Those kids, the oldest was probably eight, were vicious.