The Unpaid Bill Hunters | France 2 | Envoyé Spécial

Standing Orders refused, cheques without the funds: with the crisis the number of bad debts is soaring in France. Against this background, bailiffs are no longer the only ones to be chasing bad debts: they now have competition from “credit recovery agencies”. From multinationals to small businesses, every sort of enterprise is calling on them to recover the money that is owed to them by certain debtors. What are the methods used by these bad debt hunters? Certain consumers are sometimes caught up by debts contracted ten or fifteen years ago. These loans are now the objects of a very lucrative business. Do you have to repay them?