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6. Panama Papers: Iceland’s prime minister had offshore holdings in collapsed banks

Sun Apr 3, 2016, 05:01 PM

Apr 2016

On May 15th, 2014, the prime minister of Iceland stood before parliament answering questions about how aggressively his government would sniff out tax cheats and fraudsters who use secret offshore companies. Would Iceland follow Germany’s lead by purchasing revealing data from offshore whistleblowers?

The prime minister, Sigmundur David Gunnlaugsson, waivered.

It was “extremely important that people work together on this,” he agreed. But whether obtaining the information would be “realistic and useful” was unclear, he said.

What wasn’t known was that the offshore files Iceland was considering buying included offshore companies linked to him and at least two other top members of his ruling government.

http://www.irishtimes.com/business/economy/panama-papers-iceland-s-prime-minister-had-offshore-holdings-in-collapsed-banks-1.2593909

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