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'We're NOT leaving!' Romanians who built mansions back home with money earned in UK vow to STAY here after Brexit because 'British people won't serve kebabs or work in factories'


  • Tanderei in Romania became famous as 'town built on British benefits'
  • MailOnline found London market cleaner in huge Tanderei holiday home
  • He had built mansion thanks to more than a decade living in UK
  • Romanian's son runs car dealership in Edmonton specialising in BMWs
  • But he says there is 'no way' they are leaving Britain after Brexit
  • Son tells MailOnline: 'Brexit people say they want to stop immigrants'
  • 'But if they did who would work in kebab shops, the cafes, the factories?'
  • 'There would be no one to do the work that British people don't want to do'

By ED WIGHT IN TANDEREI, ROMANIA FOR MAILONLINE AND NICK FAGGE IN LONDON
PUBLISHED: 04:49 EST, 5 July 2016 | UPDATED: 09:40 EST, 13 July 2016

Romanian migrants who built mansions in their homeland thanks to Britain's membership of the EU have vowed to stay in the UK despite Brexit – because British people 'don't want to serve kebabs or work in factories'.

Many living in London and the rest of the UK have profited from Europe's free movement of people, setting up businesses then sending money home.

Today Romanian Isac 'Magnet' Dumitru, whose family mansion is in Tanderei, where many of the houses are said to be built on British benefits, told MailOnline: 'I am going to stay in the UK whatever happens following this Brexit vote and so are my family.'



Smart money: The Dumitru family have spent a decade saving money in Britain to build a magnificent mansion in their home town of Tanderei, where a smart BMW with a British number plate also sits outside



Benefit of life in Britain: The luxurious mansion is in the town of Tanderei where police say many of the houses are built on the back of British benefits or even, in some cases, as a result of crime in Britain


Humble: The Dumitru family rent this humble semi detached home in Edmonton where up to ten members of the family live

'These Brexit people say they want to stop immigrants going to come to Britain but if they did who would work in the kebab shops, the cafes, the factories.

'There would be no one to do the work that British people don't want to do.'

His comments came as police in the remote Romanian town warned that criminals who use Tanderei as a base for their wealth would not return after Brexit either.

A senior police source in the town who has spent 20 years monitoring the activities of the gangs linked to Tanderei told Mailonline: 'They are not interested or bothered by Brexit.

'Most of these people have been in the UK for years anyway. So, there won't be a new wave of criminals heading over to Britain. They are already there. And they are going to stay there.'


Gold watch: Georghe Dumitru, Isac's father, is currently on holiday back in Tanderei, where MailOnline found him outside his three billion Lei mansion and wearing a gold Rolex watch. Now he works as a £7.50-an-hour cleaner at Edmonton Green open air market and saved enough to build a mansion in Romania

Dumitru, nicknamed 'magnet' because 'money sticks to him' runs a car dealership in Edmonton, north London, while his father is a cleaner at the local market.

The family have spent 12 years sending money back to Tanderei where they built a magnificent detached home. In Edmonton he rents run down semi detached home he shares with his father Gheorghe, his two brothers and their wives and children.

Mr Dumitru, who specialises in luxury BMW cars, runs his business from a small industrial estate close to his home.
His father, Georghe, is currently on holiday back in Tanderei, where MailOnline found him outside his three billion Lei mansion and wearing a gold Rolex watch.

Unable to read or write, before going to Britain Georghe was a street cleaner in Tandarei, but now works as a £7.50-an-hour cleaner at Edmonton Green open air market.

He says he will definitely be staying in the capital, where he also a pastor at a Pentecostal church.
He told Mailonline: 'I am on holiday here for two months. We come here all the time. It's our holiday home. I go back to England next week.



Huge: The town of Tanderei in south east Romania is full of homes that police allege may have been built on the proceeds of crime or British benefits



Vanished: Police sources told MailOnline the families who built these houses and live in Britain will not be returning home as a result of Brexit because most are there legally



Major: Homes such as this one are a common sight in Tanderei, where the mayor Roman Cristian told Mailonline: 'It is hard to say how many have left here'



Probe: Mayor of Tandarei, Roman Cristian was recently cleared of embezzling funds but was last month found guilty of abuse of office



Police at Tanderei station, pictured, say that many of the homes were built from the proceeds of illegal activity in the UK and other EU countries, including begging, theft, and benefit frauda

VIDEO OF TANDEREI AT LINK

'I have six children, two girls and four boys.
'One of my sons owns a car dealership firm in London. His sisters and brothers work with him.
'We built this house over ten years from our combined incomes.'
Gheorghe's wife Ioana who has two large gold fillings, wears a headscarf and describes herself as a housewife added: 'We like England. It is very good. We will stay. We have permanent residence.
'EU is good, good for jobs.'
From London his son Isac 'Magnet' said: 'I have been here [in the UK] for 12 years and I have resident's rights. I have a Home Office document to prove that I am allowed to stay.
'Nothing is going to change for me or my family [following the Brexit vote which called for an end to the free movement of people from the EU to Britain].
'My life is here in this country [UK] although I still have strong links to Romania.'
Magnet has posted pictures of himself in Romania on his Facebook page. They include images of his cars in Romania, having lunch with friends in Romania and sitting with his father at the family home in Tandarei.
He added: 'I don't think anything is going to change.
'These Brexit people say they want to stop immigrants going to come to Britain but if they did who would work in the kebab shops, the cafes, the factories.


No change: Police say homes in Tandarei are all built by Romanians who have worked either in the UK or another part of Europe and will not be coming back after Brexit



Half built: The town of Tanderei has seen a construction boom as a result of residents moving to other EU countries


Make-do washing line: This villa in Tanderei was also being used as a makeshift washing line when MailOnline visited

'There would be no one to do the work that British people don't want to do.
'They say they want to stop Turkish people coming to the UK when Turkey joins the EU.
'But there are already loads of Turkish people in Britain and Turkey is not even in the EU.'
He told MailOnline: 'I buy and sell cars. We do well. I have a lock-up just around the corner. But I don't keep the cars very long because they sell quickly.'
He added: 'My dad works at the market. He has been working there for the past ten years.
'We are all legit and above board.'
The police confirm that Gheorghe and his son earn their money legally and point out that it took him ten years to build one house, compared to known criminals who can build four or five in the same amount of time.
And it is clear that money is still pouring into Tanderei in southeast Romania, where sprawling mansions litter rundown enclaves, segregated from the rest of the community.
Mailonline saw 10 new mansions currently under construction.
Police say that many of the homes, some of which are painted in garish colours with brand new Porsches outside, were built from the proceeds of illegal activity in the UK and other EU countries, including begging, theft, and benefit fraud.
There is no suggestion that the Dumitru are linked to any illegal activity.


Isolated: The south-eastern Romanian town became notorious for its many mansions built in garish colours and as a result of former residents living in EU countries



Crime gangs: This house was apparently built for by local crime boss Constantin Radu for one of his daughters, according to police


Deserted: The owners of this magnificent house are in the UK and show no sign of returning to Romania, police say

One of the most famous criminal families in Tandarei is the Radu family. The leader, Constantin Radu was arrested during a joint UK and Romanian police operation in 2010 for alleged child trafficking.

Inside his house police claim to have found, among other things, an AK-47 and a shotgun.
Despite being on trial in Harghita county, six years on he is still free and living with a woman younger than his children from a previous marriage.
Many other members of his family are also still in the town, all of whom live in large, sprawling homes paid for by Radu and which look like they belong in Beverly Hills.
In total there are five crime families in Tandarei. Bordering a string of mansions owned by Radu's family and guarded by his thugs, another crime boss nicknamed The Cripple because he only has one arm, has his own mini empire.
The police source told Mailonline: 'All these properties are the result of crime.
'Some of the people are already in prison. This one here,' he says pointing at a huge structure behind grand gates, 'he is in jail in France for human trafficking.
'But this one,' he said pointing at another monstrous structure, 'that family are still in London.
'They are doing well for themselves and I don't think they'll be coming back either, apart from on holiday.'
Local Tandarei mayor Professor Roman Cristian told Mailonline: 'It is hard to say how many have left here. People don't inform us about that sort of thing.
'The last census was in 2012, but if people weren't at home, nobody went back to check later.'
Like most towns in the European Union, Tandarei has benefitted enormously from EU funding, with 20 million euros last year being spent on infrastructure projects alone.
Professor Cristian said: 'Both individuals here and the city benefit from the EU.


Worship: The Pentecostal church in Tandarei plays a role in helping Roma families get a foothold in Britain, according to police



Allegations: Police claimed that this large home belonged to a man whose son is studying aviation in London


British numberplate: The town shows all the signs of its British residents with cars clearly showing UK registrations

'The borders should not close. If we have begun the process of being unified we should continue.
'Any hiccup in that process would shatter it.
'People being able to move around and work is a good thing for everyone.'
Professor Cristian was recently cleared of embezzling funds but was last month found guilty of abuse of office.
He was sentenced to 4 years jail but has appealed the ruling. He is now awaiting the court's decision.

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