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Record ransom paid for Greek shipping tycoon

Athens : Greece | 10 months ago  
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Kidnappers released Greek shipping magnate Pericles Panagopoulos on Tuesday for a record ransom which reports said could be as high as 100 million euros. The 74-year-old founder of Greece's largest ferry company Attica, one of the country's richest men, express his relief and delight to be back with...
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  • News Source: The Scotsman | 10 months ago
    Greek shipping magnate Pericles Panagopoulos yesterday, after his wife handed over a 30 million (£28 million) ransom for the safe return of the founder of Superfast Ferries. A passing police patrol found Mr Panagopoulos, 73, sitting on a park...
  • News Source: Times Online | 10 months ago
    A Greek shipping tycoon was freed after eight days in captivity yesterday when his family paid his kidnappers an estimated €30 million (£28 million) in ransom. Pericles Panagopoulos, 74, was found by the crew of a police car sitting at a deserted...
  • News Source: The Courier-Mail | 10 months ago
    Greek shipping magnate Pericles Panagopoulos on overnight for a record ransom which reports said could be as high as €100 million ($195.56 million). The 74-year-old founder of Greece's largest ferry company Attica, one of the country's richest men,...
  • News Source: United Press International | 10 months ago
    A 74-year-old Greek shipping tycoon is in good condition after being freed by kidnappers following payment of an estimated $39 million ransom, officials say. Pericles Panagopoulos was freed Tuesday, eight days after he was abducted.
  • News Source: The Times of India-Europe-World | 10 months ago
    Kidnappers released Greek shipping magnate Pericles Panagopoulos on Tuesday for a record ransom which reports said could be as high as 100 million euros. The 74-year-old founder of Greece's largest ferry company Attica, one of the country's richest...
  • News Source: Al Jazeera | 10 months ago
    An elderly Greek shipping magnate kidnapped eight days ago has been released near Athens. Pericles Panagopoulos, who founded Attica, Greece's largest ferry company, was collected by police at about 0130 local time in the Aspropyrgos industrial area...
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