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Police still searching for Reykjavík bomber


Icelandic police are searching for a man (pictured) and a white Renault Kangoo van in connection to their investigation into the explosion and bomb which were found in central Reykjavík on Tuesday. Read the full story

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Iceland phone tap suspects warned by phone companies


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Two staff members of two different Icelandic telecommunications companies are believed to have informed people under investigation by the special prosecutor into the financial collapse that their phones were being tapped. Read the full story

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Icelandic police swoop on drugs smuggling suspects


A man in his forties has been arrested at Iceland’s Keflavik International Airport, accused of being the mastermind behind the year’s biggest drug smuggling case. Read the full story

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Icelandic financial crime fighters unite under one roof


The financial crimes unit of the Icelandic police will today merge with the office of the Special Prosecutor into the banking crisis. Read the full story

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Evidence of co-operative cheating at Glitnir and Kaupthing


Kaupthing and Glitnir banks appear to have colluded to prop up each other’s share prices. Various pieces of evidence have emerged to back up this claim, investigators into the old Icelandic banks say. Read the full story

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SFO puts Landsbanki in investigation spotlight


Britain’s Serious Fraud Office is widening the scope of its investigation into the Icelandic banking crash and will now also pay close attention to Landsbanki. Read the full story

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Over 100 under investigation in Iceland bank crash probe


Iceland’s Special Prosecutor into the banking crisis says that well over a hundred people are being investigated by his office. Read the full story

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Icelandic savings bank criticised for work practices before crash


It has emerged that before the Icelandic banking crash, the Keflavik Savings Bank (Sparisjodurinn i Keflavik) loaned related parties, owners and managers some 60 percent of the bank’s entire equity. Read the full story

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Icelandic prosecutor conducts wave of raids in Glitnir case


“This is one of the very biggest that we have gone into,” says Iceland’s Special Prosecutor into the banking crisis, Olafur Thor Hauksson about a large series of raids yesterday. Read the full story

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More money for Iceland bank crash investigation


olafur-thor-little1The office of Iceland’s Special Prosecutor into the banking crisis will receive and extra ISK 470 million (USD 3.5 million) this year and ISK 960 million investment next year and the year after. Read the full story

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