I agree with 2012. Unless people are paid a decent wage, a society will descend into crime.

This really should come as no surprise.

As for the idea that crime is increasing - how can anyone determine whether it is going up, down or staying the same, since there is very little coverage of such incidents in the local papers.

For all we know, this sort of thing might be happening everyday in Doha and the newspapers are just being told to stay quiet so that locals stay calm.