News Source: The Scotsman
| 10 months ago
Athens yesterday, the third such high-profile abduction in the country since June. Pericles Panagopoulos, 74, the founder of Superfast Ferries, was snatched from his car by three armed men during the short drive from his home to his office. He and...
News Source: Australian Broadcasting Corporation
| 10 months ago
Three masked gunmen abducted Pericles Panagopoulos and his chauffeur not far from the tycoon's seaside suburb home in the Greek capital. The 70-year-old founder of Greece's largest ferry company was on his way to his office when he and his driver...
News Source: Times Online
| 10 months ago
Kidnappers seized Greece’s top shipping magnate today and reportedly demanded a ransom of €40 million. Pericles Panagopoulos had just set off from his home in the Kavouri district, near Athens, when three armed and masked men stopped his car in a...
News Source: The Guardian
| 10 months ago
Armed gunmen kidnap Greek shipping tycoon Abduction in Athens of Pericles Panagopoulos raises fears of resurgence in domestic terrorism One of Greece 's most prominent shipping tycoons has been kidnapped at gunpoint in an Athens suburb, raising...
News Source: Times Online
| 10 months ago
A Greek shipping magnate was kidnapped at gunpoint in Athens this morning, fuelling fears that a new wave of domestic terrorism may be in the making. Three masked men welding guns seized Pericles Panagopoulos, the owner of Attica Enterprises and Blue...
News Source: United Press International
| 10 months ago
Three armed men kidnapped Greek shipping tycoon Pericles Panagopoulos and his driver in Athens Monday morning, police said. Panagopoulos, 70, owns Attica Enterprises and Blue Star Ferries, and also has a major interest in Minoan Lines.