Wall street lawyers hold no fear for Iceland’s defiant prime minister
IceNews recently reported about Wall Street lawyers preparing to indict the Icelandic government for defaulting on sovereign claims. Bloomberg reporte...
Trial of former Icelandic PM has begun
The court case against Geir H. Haarde, the former Prime Minister of Iceland, has begun in Reykjavík this morning after a succession of challenges aimi...
Iceland bank execs were bugged for evidence
It has been revealed that the Icelandic police used listening devices and telephone tapping in their investigation into the actions of banking executi...
Iceland bank crash execs charged
Iceland’s special prosecutor into the banking crash is pressing charges against four former top executives at the now-defunct Kaupþing Bank. The...
Iceland Special Prosecutor brings accounting crime charges against five more
It has been revealed that just before Christmas Iceland’s special prosecutor brought charges against five people accused of tax evasion in their...
Money laundering at old Icelandic banks under investigation
Work on the case against bankrupt Glitnir Bank is going well, according to Iceland’s special prosecutor; who says that 134 people have been ques...
Icelandic bank looking towards first bond issue since collapse
Iceland’s Arion Bank says it is preparing to turn to international credit markets with a bond issue within the next 12 months. Arion has never i...
Bankrupt Icelandic bank pays Luxembourg debt
The estate of Iceland’s defunct Glitnir Bank has paid back all its debts to the Central Bank of Luxembourg, two years ahead of schedule.