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Athens News Agency: News in English, 11-05-30Athens News Agency: News in English Directory - Previous Article - Next ArticleFrom: The Athens News Agency at <http://www.ana.gr/>CONTENTS
[01] Arrest of foreign kidnappers preying on illegal migrans(ANA-MPA) -- Police on Monday reported several arrests of a group comprised of Third World foreign nationals that was allegedly engaged in the abduction and imprisonment of other foreign nationals, who were kept hostage and brutally tortured until their relatives paid ransom for their release.A raid in a rundown downtown Athens apartment, which police said was used by the suspects to keep and torture their victims, led to the arrest of 10 Afghans and four Pakistanis, aged between 16 and 31. Police were acting on information from a foreign national who charged that the suspects were holding his brother and asking for ransom to release him. Meanwhile, a 41-year-old Afghan was also arrested in downtown Athens on Saturday on charges of being an accessory to the abduction of an Afghan boy in Italy. The suspect is allegedly the leader of an illegal migrant trafficking ring that transported illegals from Greece to Europe. The 41-year-old allegedly arranged the transportation of the minor from Greece to Italy for the sum of 3,800 euros but members of the ring in Italy held the boy hostage, asking for 10,000 euros to take him to his family in Switzerland. The youth was released following an international police cooperation that led to the Rome apartment used by the abductors. (ANA-MPA) © ANA-MPA SA. Intellectual rights and copyright belong to the ANA-MPA S.A. Reproduction of ANA-MPA content by visitors of this website is strictly forbidden. More details on the subscriber's page of ANA-MPA | Subscription request form [02] MIG reports negative Q1 results(ANA-MPA) -- Marfin Investment Group (MIG) on Monday reported after tax losses of 4.6 million euros in the first quarter of 2011 and said consolidated after and minorities losses totaled ...© ANA-MPA SA. Intellectual rights and copyright belong to the ANA-MPA S.A. Reproduction of ANA-MPA content by visitors of this website is strictly forbidden. More details on the subscriber's page of ANA-MPA | Subscription request form [03] Stocks end significantly lowerStocks came under strong selling pressure at the Athens Stock Exchange on Monday, hit by market concern ahead of the announcement of a share capital increase plan by Alpha Bank (a decision is expected to be reached during a general shareholdersâ meeting in June 21). The composite index of the market ended 1.95 pct down at 1,240.25 points to new 14-year lows. Turnover was a disappointing low 66.901 million euros.The Big Cap index fell 2.41 pct, the Mid Cap index dropped 4.53 pct and the Small Cap index fell 1.50 pct. Coca-Cola 3E (2.14 pct), Viohalco (2.14 pct) and Jumbo (0.58 pct) were top gainers among blue chip stocks, while Alpha Bank (9.06 pct), Eurobank (6.21 pct), MIG (5.77 pct), Marfin Popular Bank (4.69 pct) and Motor Oil (4.76 pct) were top losers. The Food (2.01 pct) and Chemicals (0.43 pct) sectors scored gains, while Technology (5.12 pct), Travel (3.94 pct) and Banks (3.81 pct) suffered the heaviest percentage losses of the day. Broadly, decliners led advancers by 105 to 42 with another 37 issues unchanged. Unibios (16.67 pct), Vovos (7.92 pct) and Profile (7.5 pct) were top gainers, while Intralot (22.27 pct), Paperpack (11.11 pct) and Geniki Bank (10 pct) were top losers. © ANA-MPA SA. Intellectual rights and copyright belong to the ANA-MPA S.A. Reproduction of ANA-MPA content by visitors of this website is strictly forbidden. More details on the subscriber's page of ANA-MPA | Subscription request form Athens News Agency: News in English Directory - Previous Article - Next Article |
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