“Train lines, bridges, cables and even cemeteries have all been targeted for scrap to feed a market driven by China and India.  Police now arrest an average of four metal thieves every day, compared to a few cases every month before the crisis started in late 2009. The profile of the metal thief is also changing, authorities say, from gypsies and immigrants living on the margins of society to mainstream Greeks who have fallen on hard times.  Athens’ nine-year-old light rail system has been a prime magnet for metal robbers, with at least five major disruptions reported in the past six months due to cable theft.”

http://www.express.co.uk/news/world/377030/Greeks-strip-country-for-scrap-cash

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