European Debt Purchasers - "The Red Pill"

I have done an extensive amount of work on European Debt Purchasers including Anacap, Arrow Global, Axactor, B2Holdings, Cabot, Encore, Hoist, Intrum, GetBack, Kruk, Lowell, MCS, PRA…


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Antonio Gurrea | E: antonio.gurrea@gmail.com | M: +44 (0) 77 3437 2615



"This is your last chance. After this, there is no turning back. You take the blue pill, the story ends. You wake up in your bed and believe whatever you want to believe. You take the red pill, you stay in Wonderland, and I show you how deep the rabbit hole goes. Remember: all I'm offering is the truth. Nothing more."
Morpheus, The Matrix

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