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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsIceland Has Hired An Ex-Cop To Hunt Down The Bankers That Wrecked Its Economy
[font sizee=3]Iceland Has Hired An Ex-Cop To Hunt Down The Bankers That Wrecked Its Economy[/font]
Business Insider | Rob Wile | Jul. 12, 2012, 2:07 PM
[font color=gray]Adam Taylor / Business Insider[/font]
If you were involved in Icelandic high finance in the runup to the recession, you might want to start watching your back.
That's because the government has appointed a white collar crime bounty hunter who wants to haul your behind in (alive, to be sure).
LeMonde reporter Charlotte Chabas has a profile of Ólafur Þór Hauksson, a former local police lieutenant whom the Iceland government appointed to track down individuals likely to have helped sink the country's banking sector during the credit crunch.
Hauksson's job description, according to PressEurop's translation of the piece:
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Business Insider | Rob Wile | Jul. 12, 2012, 2:07 PM
[font color=gray]Adam Taylor / Business Insider[/font]
If you were involved in Icelandic high finance in the runup to the recession, you might want to start watching your back.
That's because the government has appointed a white collar crime bounty hunter who wants to haul your behind in (alive, to be sure).
LeMonde reporter Charlotte Chabas has a profile of Ólafur Þór Hauksson, a former local police lieutenant whom the Iceland government appointed to track down individuals likely to have helped sink the country's banking sector during the credit crunch.
Hauksson's job description, according to PressEurop's translation of the piece:
- "On one hand, we have to investigate all suspicion of fraud and offences committed before 2009, on the other hand, we bring the lawsuits against the suspects to court ourselves," Hauksson explains. This is a 'totally new' method which allows the investigators to "follow the case" and the judicial system to "know the cases like the back of their hand". This is indispensable in order "to compete with the well-prepared defence attorneys".
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- Well, here's to hoping that this ''put the criminal banksters in jail'' idea goes viral. Around the globe.......
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Iceland Has Hired An Ex-Cop To Hunt Down The Bankers That Wrecked Its Economy (Original Post)
DeSwiss
Jul 2012
OP
I understand Dog the Bounty Hunter has some free time on his hands these days,
Buns_of_Fire
Jul 2012
#7
If this Happened in the USA we wouldn't see so much arrogance from the riches
fascisthunter
Jul 2012
#14
OverseaVisitor
(296 posts)1. Iceland Rock
Nothing is off the table
DeSwiss
(27,137 posts)12. YES!
- Iceland Rock!!! -----> Former Icelandic Bankster
OverseaVisitor
(296 posts)15. Beautiful.
Put it down as to do list for next year.
Vidar
(18,335 posts)2. Iceland hunts down criminals. We reward them.
Response to Vidar (Reply #2)
bupkus This message was self-deleted by its author.
SammyWinstonJack
(44,130 posts)9. That's because we have too 'look forward', ya know.
Whatever the hell that means.
valerief
(53,235 posts)3. Wow, I love it when they go after the REAL ENEMY. nt
Initech
(100,080 posts)13. Yup - it's always more satisfying than the invisible boogeymen that we hunt.
PADemD
(4,482 posts)4. We have an extradition treaty with Iceland
aquart
(69,014 posts)5. When you say "hunt"...
Will they be calling for blood donors?
Response to DeSwiss (Original post)
bupkus This message was self-deleted by its author.
Buns_of_Fire
(17,181 posts)7. I understand Dog the Bounty Hunter has some free time on his hands these days,
SammyWinstonJack
(44,130 posts)10. ...
99Forever
(14,524 posts)11. Hey Holder...
... are you paying attention?
I realize you haven't finished picking the low-hanging fruit of those MMJ dispensaries, but do you think you could possibly work for the PEOPLE for a little while and go after the REAL fucking criminals for a change?
fascisthunter
(29,381 posts)14. If this Happened in the USA we wouldn't see so much arrogance from the riches
kooljerk666
(776 posts)16. Call your Reps & demand "no criminal charges".....
to anyone in the USA who hunts down and or kills them & returns corpse's to Iceland embassy for
a reward.
People on senate banking committee laughed real hard at my idea & did nor poo-poo it.