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February 12, 2013

Metal thieves in Greece hit trains, even bridges

  • Metal from trains and transformers has been taken, causing massive delays and blackouts. Steel girders on one bridge have been targeted repeatedly.
    • By COSTAS KANTOURIS
    Associated Press

    THESSALONIKI, Greece — When Greece adopted the euro, it poured billions into modernizing its infrastructure, building spectacular bridges, highways, and a brand new rail transit network for Athens.

    Now, locked in recession and crushed by debt, Greeks are targeting many of those projects, gouging out the metal and selling it for scrap to feed ravenous demand driven by China and India.


     
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