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Not really. This kind of low-key theft and coercion are hard to catch in the act. You can criminalize loitering and begging itself, but that's problematic, plus rife for discriminatory abuse. Finally, even if you do catch them, the low amounts in question usually mean they'll spend a few hours at a police station, and then they'll go back.



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