Barbara Mitsoni, the 27-year-old niece of the Asteras Tripolis football team chief Yiannis Kaymenakis and daughter of the general manager of the team Tasos Mitsonis was released by her captors after she was abducted at 10.30 p.m. on October 31 from outside her house in Ano Kypseli. 10 million euros were saught for her release, however the family ended up paying 82,500 euros.

The woman, a nursing student, was on her way to work at a nightclub in Daphne. The kidnappers lay waiting for her. An eyewitness said that four men wearing hoods dragged the woman into a van though she cried for help.

The abductors communicated with her family with handwritten notes, possibly written by the woman herself, giving direction for the delivery of the ransom money. One of the notes was directed to her uncle who, apart from being the chief of the team, also has business interests in Dubai.

The abductors called the girls family from different cell phones at two different areas of Athens – once from Petralona, from Omonoia and Loutsa.

The woman’s father delivered the money at an area near the Olympic Stadium at Maroussi early on Sunday morning and the young woman was released at Ano Kypseli.

The young woman was not abused in any way from her captors.