The public needs to be aware of flaws in Canada’s refugee and welfare systems that allowed a group of Hungarian Roma criminals to live in Hamilton and get paid for it, says the lead prosecutor of an ongoing human trafficking case.
“Disgusting, stunning, shocking, I just don’t have the words to describe,” assistant Crown attorney Toni Skarica said in court.
He made the statement during a court appearance for Viktoria Nemes, the 45-year-old wife and mother of accused human traffickers.
She pleaded guilty Friday to welfare fraud and will be deported this month.
Nemes came to Hamilton, from Hungary, in December 2008 and soon after misled authorities into believing she and her husband had separated and that she was a single mom, court heard.
In total, she and her husband are believed to have defrauded the City of Hamilton out of nearly $50,000.
When she arrived in Canada and claimed refugee status because she is a Roma, no warrant appeared when the Canada Border Services Agency searched her name. Documents presented in court proved she also told authorities she didn’t have a criminal record. In fact, she is wanted in Hungary for five felony related offences. She had been convicted to serve two years and six months in jail, Skarica said.
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