Iceland’s special prosecutor into the banking crisis has confirmed
that raids have taken place today and that arrests have been made. The
Central Bank of Iceland is among the institutions under investigation.
Special Prosecutor, Olafur Thor Hauksson told Visir.is that house
searches are taking place in at least three places today as part of
investigations into the central bank, MP Bank and Straumur Bank.
Stefan Johann Stefansson at the central bank confirmed that agents
were in the building conducting searches; and it has also been confirmed
that searches are underway at MP Bank and ALMC (formerly Straumur).
An ALMC spokesman said that the premises are indeed being searched
and that the bank’s staff members are doing their best to help.
In other news, four people have so far been arrested today in
connection with the special prosecutor’s investigation into Landsbanki.
One of the arrested parties is Jon Thorsteinn Oddleifsson, former
Landsbanki treasury boss; and it is not yet known who the other three
are.
According to Visir.is sources, the arrests concern a brand new
section of the wider case against the bank and are not directly
connected to searches and arrests made last week.
