In the past, in the U.S., people could solicit (ask for) money in public places such as streets and pseudo-public places such as shopping malls and airports. The Salvation Army, the Girl Scouts, and other organizations would set up a table and ask for money. At a certain time in the U.S. (80s?), fringe religious groups would aggressively solicit money in airports. Airports first announced that they had no relationship with these groups and then later expelled all of them. Over time, some cities outlawed this form of money raising and nowadays most malls and similar places have signs clearly forbidding soliciting money.