The Ministry of Justice spent £21.3million on translators last year, a huge leap from the previous year’s £16million.
Translators for Albanian criminals and suspects cost £1.2million last year, up from £507,000 in 2017.
Most went on Poles, £3.2million up from £2.8million five years ago.
But the UK is home to a million Poles and 100,000 Albanians.
Romanian criminals and suspects needed translators costing taxpayers £2.7million.
Lithuanians ran up a bill of £805,000, and Russians £594,000.
#UK #translators
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/20118403/translator-cost-albanian-crooks-doubles-5yrs/
Translators for Albanian criminals and suspects cost £1.2million last year, up from £507,000 in 2017.
Most went on Poles, £3.2million up from £2.8million five years ago.
But the UK is home to a million Poles and 100,000 Albanians.
Romanian criminals and suspects needed translators costing taxpayers £2.7million.
Lithuanians ran up a bill of £805,000, and Russians £594,000.
#UK #translators
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/20118403/translator-cost-albanian-crooks-doubles-5yrs/
The Sun
Cost of translators for Albanian crooks and suspects soars to £1.2million
TRANSLATORS for Albanian criminals and suspects cost £1.2million last year, up from £507,000 in 2017. Those in jail in England and Wales leapt from 726 to 1,500 in the same period. Albanian gangs c…