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Martin Rosenbaum|17:25 UK time, Thursday, 8 June 2006

The BBC has revealed today how many foreign drivers have avoided paying the congestion charge in London.

The worst offenders are French motorists, who owe Transport for London (TfL) over £2.5 million. The second largest sum - £990,000 - is owed by Polish drivers.

We obtained this data from TfL using FOI. The full table they supplied also shows those countries from which one individual has apparently managed to drive their car to London, failed to pay, and departed owing £100. These include Cambodia, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Libya, North Korea and - perhaps most unlikely of all - the Solomon Islands.

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