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Addressing Traveller Trafficking in Norway

Explore the activities and criminal behaviors of Travellers, offering asphalting and bricklaying services while engaging in trafficking, violence, theft, and tax evasion. Discover preventative measures to combat their illegitimate practices.

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Addressing Traveller Trafficking in Norway

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  1. TRAVELLERS AND TRAFFICKING Police Superintendent Sven-Erik Nagelgaard National Criminal Investigation Service

  2. Travellers as a group • Irish/British asphalters and bricklayers • Not to be confused with Roma – but display similar characteristics • Speak their own language – Shelta • Travel in large groups often including children • Live in caravans and campsites • Low literacy rate

  3. Travellers – activity • Offer asphalting and bricklaying services to private persons • Marketing their services directly or through flyers • Requires up front payment • Generally performs substandard work or does not complete as agreed • May use threats to get payed more than was agreed

  4. Travellers – criminal activity • Cases of trafficking documented and convicted in Norway • Violence predominantly within the group • Theft • Tax evasion • Traffic infringements

  5. Travellers – streamlining their business idea • Travel to and work where the profit is high • Like all travelling people they adapt to the society in which they operate • Establishing businesses to appear legitimate • Establishing addresses to appear legitimate • Newer vehicles • Use workers from EU accession countries and asylum seekers

  6. A traveller car.

  7. Travellers – preventative measures • Public service have to organise a common effort; • Taxaxtion office • Police • Labour inspectorate • Police • Immigration Directorate Make Norway an economically unattractive country to the travellers. Force them to operate legitimately or find work elsewhere.

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