21. Rural migrants who scrape by peddling goods or washing cars, and who are blamed for rising crime, have been expelled from Beijing. 22. Sir Martin Garrod, the current EU administrator for Mostar, hopes that the new city council and police force will halt recently rising crime. 23. The illegal trade has brought money laundering, gun running, and corruption to business and governments along with rising crime. 24. The newcomers have become convenient scapegoats for rising crime, although statistics show Greeks are responsible for the vast majority of illegal acts. 25. U.S. Embassy spokesman Stan Schrager also has blamed rising crime on economics. |