The Punjab government has decided to start a large-scale crackdown against professional beggars across the province, under which it has been planned to conduct comprehensive profiling of beggars in ...

Recently a very wealthy executive with vast resources from a major company walked into our social enterprise called Thistle Farms. Founded more than 10 years ago, Thistle Farms provides employment for ...

Homelessness is one of the biggest problems of current times with local authorities struggling to support those that have hit hard times and ended up on the streets. But politicians have voiced their ...

A professional beggar who is not actually homeless has spoken out in defence of his job - claiming "You don't have to be sleeping rough to be skint." "Professional beggars" is a term referring to ...

This morning, Paul Gallo, one of the local radio personalities launched into a diatribe on the people we have standing on the sides of the road (at busy intersections) collecting money for chuches, ...

Enugu State Commissioner for Gender Affairs and Social Welfare Mrs. Peace Nnaji has decried those who have turned begging into business. She told News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Enugu yesterday that ...

Police have vowed to remove beggars from a Black Country High Street after it was revealed they had been conning shoppers out of money. Sign up for the top news stories every day to keep you informed ...

ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) administration has intensified its campaign against professional begging in the Federal Capital, arresting 27 individuals during an operation across ...

A CRACKDOWN on begging in Perth is being planned amid fears a syndicated cartel of professional beggars is operating on the city’s streets. Perth Lord Mayor Lisa Scaffidi said there was strong ...

Police have launched a crackdown across the city to ride it of professional beggars. Special teams, including the police's dedicated Pink Squad, have been constituted to carry out targeted operations.