A group of some 15-20 people dressed in black and wearing masks attacked the offices of a debt collecting agency that belongs to the sons of former Greek Parliament speaker and ex minister Dimitris Sioufas.
Greek media report that the group of people attacked the offices with crowbars and smashed doors and windows, causing material damage. Claims a security guard was injured are not confirmed so far. The attackers have reportedly thrown leaflets saying “You drink the people’s blood”.
The attackers fled, while the police investigates.
more picts in newsit.gr and zougla.gr
The offices of law company “Sioufas & Partners” in Tavros suburb of south Athens are claimed to be champions in debt collection, foreclosures, payment orders and custody procedures due to outstanding debts. The company was recently in the focus of many media reports, especially due to its ownership.
According to Proto Thema, the company has 500 lawyer associates and the office building of 8,000 square meters resembles a security castle. The annually earnings are estimated to be millions of euros in times of austerity, recession and mountains of debts.
Former minister and Parliament speaker Dimitris Sioufas, a lawyer, a member of Nea Dimocratia, left an industry to his children Giorgos and Marios. A legal industry that does the “dirty” job for the banks and various public and private institutions left with the debts of their customers. The company collects some of the debts by putting pressure, issues orders for payment, mortgage, foreclosure and auctions.
Proto Thema reports that it was before the economic crisis, when Sioufas was Development Minister, when one of his sons, a lawyer too, had the idea to deal with the bad customers of the banks.
Within a few years the company has swept almost 90% of the entire market of ‘red’ loans making today turnover of several million, but also million of annual profits. (Full Article “The piranhas of foreclosures” in Greek here)
I saw recently a relevant report in private Alpha TV. The reporter had tried to get comments by the former colleagues of Dimitris Sioufas, but no one was willing to make a comment.
Why are you staying in Greece and starving?
You are EU citizens.
In Germany find accommodation (for example in a share accommodation called in German Wohngemeinschaft), register, get a job as anything then work your way up from there and don’t forget to learn the language it will get you places.
This way you will keep your families fed and have some money in your pockets.
It is all our own Greek fault for letting the polies and public servants get away with everything by not saying or dobbing them in. And because of this we are starving and in pain. While they still live a life of luxury. This is a Greek tragedy.
There are many zeit arbeit companies that employ factory workers, cleaners, kamarieres, and pay at 10 Euro per hour Gross which also includes your health insurance and pension.
sure. I wonder why people do not grab this opportunity.