“We will swap information with the British and I hope we can get an investigator from the UK to come over here,” Eva Joly, advisor to Iceland’s Special Prosecutor, said. Joly confirmed to Morgunbladid yesterday that her team will begin formal co-operation with the UK Serious Fraud Office (SFO).
SFO experts sent Joly a letter recently following the leak of Kaupthing confidential loan records to the press (see here) suggesting co-operation.
Olafur Thor Hauksson, Special Prosecutor, said that it was decided to accept the offer of formal co-operation during one of his regular meetings with Eva Joly yesterday.
Co-operation with other Nordic countries is also under discussion, with Joly especially interested in working with her fatherland, Norway. It is hoped a Norwegian representative will meet with Hauksson in Iceland about the future of both countries’ investigations.
Joly has a meeting scheduled with Richard Alderman, head of the SFO, on 11th September.
You got to admire her drive and determination as she’ll do whatever it takes to progress the investigation. Iceland is definitely getting value for money in hiring her.
Yes, despite her politics ( Green Euro MP, Euro as currency is good, etc.) her investigative knowledge processes and measured ways is very professional.
That is probably why she was ignored by Jóhanna and Steingrímur until she threaten to quit.
They do not like listening to people that know something about something. They prefer listen to they fellow politicans and that voice inside they own heads.