Begging is surely big business. And it has proven to be so in Dubai, where a recently arrested beggar was found making as much as 270,000 dirham (around 73,500 U.S. dollars) a month.

­　　乞討可是一筆大生意。在迪拜乞討就證明了這一點，那里最近逮捕了一個乞丐，發現他的月收入居然多達27萬迪拉姆（約73500美元，47萬人民幣）。

­　　The beggar was among dozens arrested by Dubai Municipality inspectors, local media reported.

­　　據當地媒體報道，迪拜市政巡邏員逮捕了幾十個乞討者，此人只是其中之一。

­　　Fifty nine beggars were caught during the first three months of 2016, said Faisal Al Badiawi, head of the markets section at the Dubai Municipality, in a statement.

­　　迪拜市市場部門主管Faisal Al Badiawi 在一份聲明中說，2016年前三個月共抓了59名乞丐。

­　　Those arrests were part of a campaign carried out by the municipality in cooperation with the emirate’s police to combat begging in Dubai.

­　　這些逮捕行動是迪拜市與阿聯酋警方合作進行的打擊乞討活動的一部分。

­　　“Some of the beggars had passports issued with business or tourist visas,” Al Badiawi told reporters.

­　　Faisal Al Badiawi在接受采訪時說，“有些乞討者是持有商務或旅游簽證的。”

­　　“During the campaign, we found that the majority of beggars had entered the country legally with a three-month visa, in order to collect as much money as they could during their time here,” Al Badiawi explained.

­　　Al Badiawi解釋說，“在逮捕活動中，我們發現大多數乞討者都是通過3個月旅游簽證合法的‘混’到迪拜，在這段時間他們盡可能多的去賺錢。”

­　　The seizures showed that one beggar was making about 73,500 dollars per month. “More money was collected on Fridays when beggars stood in front of mosques,” Al Badiawi said.

­　　繳獲結果顯示，一個乞丐每月大約收入73500美元。Al Badiawi 說，“這些乞丐每星期五在清真寺門口“開工”時，還有可能賺到更多的錢。”

­　　Local authorities of Dubai have been carrying out year-long operations to combat begging along the city streets.

­　　迪拜當局針對這些街頭乞討者展開了長達一年的逮捕行動。

­　　In 2015, up to 197 begging-related arrests were made during an anti-begging campaign around Ramadan, according to a previous report of Gulf News. Police said street begging affects the city’s security.

­　　據海灣新聞之前的一個報道，2015年齋月期間開展的一次反乞討運動中，多達197名乞討者被逮捕。警方稱，街頭乞討影響城市的安全。