Citizens hard-hit in the aftermath
of Italy's longest postwar recession are having trouble paying
for their funerals, Genoa's publicly owned funeral home ASEF
said Wednesday.
ASEF is still owed some 500,000 euros on turnover over 10
million euros in 2013, when 9,260 funerals were held in the
northwestern city, down from 9,383 the previous year.
Of the 2013 ceremonies, 36.16% were celebrated by ASEF, the
company said.
Problems began in 2007, when the economic downturn first
made itself felt and some 50,000 euros' worth of funeral
services were left unpaid, according to ASEF.
"The rise in outstanding debts is a testimony to the
difficulty families face," ASEF chief Franco Rossetti told a
city council commission.
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