Debt Collectors in Hearses Are a Rare Booming Business in Spain
- Inflation surge is generating more work for recovery firms
- Collectors in costumes operate on fringes of recovery industry
One of the fake hearses of La Funeraria del Cobro, or Undertaker of Debt Collection.
Source: La Funeraria del Cobro
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As the new recruits arrive at Ángel Jiménez’s debt-collection business in Santiago de Compostela, a picturesque medieval city in north-western Spain, they’re quickly schooled in the art of cajoling, nagging and prodding.
Then they’re handed a pin in the form of a small silver cross to attach to their lapels. That’s the finishing touch on the undertaker uniform.