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April 30, 2016 08:51 am PDT

In Russia, debt collectors may sexually assault you or burn your children to get you to pay up

Russian rouble banknotes are seen in this illustration picture taken in Moscow

And you thought debt collection tactics in the United States were bad.

They have stripped and sexually abused a woman, severely burned a toddler by firebombing a house and broken a womans pinkie as a warning. Nope, this New York Times piece isn't about a street gang or underground crime organization, but a very Russian variety of debt collectors who are increasingly using brutal tactics as the country's economic turmoil worsens.

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