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Iceland Moves Down In Ranking On Corruption Index, Still Most Corrupt Nordic Country
Transparency International’s latest Corruption Perceptions Index shows Iceland currently ranked 17th in the world in terms of the world’s least corrupt countries in 2020. This is down from 11th place in 2019. Separately, there is the Corruption Score, where 100 means being…
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Fishrot Files: Icelandic Investigations Into Samherji Bribes, Tax Evasion Begin
Two Icelandic banks are already investigating the accounting of Samherji—the Icelandic fishing giant currently embroiled in a scandal involving bribing Namibian officials for fishing quotas, and using a shell company in a tax haven to squirrel away the proceeds, Vísir reports. Samherji’s…
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Fishrot Files: Samherji In Damage Control, But Investigations Continue
Management of Samherji—the Icelandic fishing giant currently embroiled in a scandal involving bribing Namibian officials for fishing quotas, and using a shell company in a tax haven to squirrel away the proceeds—are trying their best to minimise and deflect criticism. However, investigations…
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Icelandic Fishing Company Engaged In Bribery, Tax Evasion, Plundering African Resources
Some 30,000 documents published by Wikileaks as The Fishrot Files, and subsequently reported on by Stundin, RÚV’s investigative news programme Kveikur, Al-Jazeera and The Namibian, show that Samherji, Iceland’s largest fishing company, has for years been engaging in bribery of public officials…
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State Prosecutor Wants Authority To Wiretap Government Officials
Legislative changes are needed to give the State Prosecutor the authority to wiretap government officials suspected of bribery. RÚV reports that a bill currently in parliament grants authorities the permission to wiretap those suspected of committing crimes with a penalty of at…
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Man Arrested May Have Tried To Bribe Police
A man arrested in connection with a drug cop under investigation is suspected of having attempted to bribe the officer. The police officer in question, who stands accused of “an unnatural relationship between a police officer and criminals”, may have instigated the…
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OECD Expresses “Serious Concerns” Over Bribery In Iceland
The OECD Working Group on Bribery has released a statement expressing serious concerns about Iceland’s lack of progress in combatting the bribery of foreign public officials. In 2010, the Working Group made 17 recommendations to Iceland for improving its fight against foreign…