Iceland Has Hired An Ex-Cop To Hunt Down The Bankers That Wrecked Its Economy
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[quote]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:
[I]"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".[/I]
Hauksson oversees a posse of 100 researchers to help track down outlaws. He's netted some major convictions since starting in 2009, including the former chief of staff of the country's finance minister on insider trading charges. Many others await their day in court, Chabas writes.
And he will track you down even if you've fled abroad.
[I]"Searches continue and the team pursues its investigations abroad in the foreign subsidiaries of the Icelandic banks and includes questioning foreigners," Chabas writes. " 'We enjoy full international cooperation,' stresses Olafur Hauksson."[/I]
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Sounds like a 1980s movie!
[quote]Ólafur [B]Þór[/B] Hauksson[/quote]
What the fuck
Hopefully they will pay for their crimes.
[QUOTE=DrLuke;36779465]What the fuck[/QUOTE]
He's the hero we deserve, but not the one we can read right now
fucking ace man its about time someone went after these cunts, we throw thieves in jail for stealing crumbs compared to what these fucks have stolen
Why did I read that as "Bakers"?
the title sounds like a movie
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wow i should probably read the op next time before being THAT late
[QUOTE=Bletotum;36779811]the title sounds like a movie[/QUOTE]
Time to make a film.. I mean Documentary.
Name of this movie: Ice Cold Cash.
[QUOTE=DrLuke;36779465]What the fuck[/QUOTE]
It's a semi common name around here.
I'll say it again. I fucking love this country.
"I'm retired."
"Oh, I thought you said you were [I]tired[/I]."
"As a matter of fact I am a little tired."
[editline]15th July 2012[/editline]
That scene. So terrible, I loved it.
good, Britain and Holland want the money back they stole.
I wish Iceland didn't fuck themselves over, that's why I moved out of Reykjavik.
But when they get back in order as they should, I'm moving back.
Looks like those bankers are about to get [I]iced[/I].
[QUOTE=SinjinOmega;36780260]It's a semi common name around here.
I'll say it again. I fucking love this country.[/QUOTE]
How do you pronounce it?
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???
[editline]15th July 2012[/editline]
Also Iceland is officially bad ass
[media][URL]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZV_-D8eitY[/URL][/media]
An ex-cop you say..
This is soo badass.
Its exactly like a movie plot! I mean, the cop is even an EX-cop!
I bet he's gonna get his license back once he captures the men after a long car chase.
[QUOTE=DrLuke;36779465]What the fuck[/QUOTE]
I dunno if you know, but Þ is a Scandinavian character that you pronounce as "th". Yeah that's right, Ólafur [B]Thór[/B] Hauksson is gonna hunt down the bankers responsible. You know it's gonna be good when the guy has Thor in his name.
Also, I was in Iceland about a week ago; it's a WONDERFUL place to live in, even if stuff's kinda expensive.
[IMG]http://www.mbl.is/tncache/frimg/360/5/57/557664.jpg[/IMG]
(Actual Picture Of Ex-Cop, Look at his stare.)
[QUOTE=Barlow;36782717][IMG]http://www.mbl.is/tncache/frimg/360/5/57/557664.jpg[/IMG]
(Actual Picture Of Ex-Cop, Look at his stare.)[/QUOTE]
Things are going on inside this mans head for sure.
He is planning his next move...
[QUOTE=Kabstrac;36782838]SHE's HEADED for the ROOF![/QUOTE]
"Some rent a clown with a gun, who puts holes in other bad guys."
his name is olaf?
[t]http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_L78zEKWCMII/TG8MXaSEIHI/AAAAAAAAA4M/iZEUdNEvMsc/s1600/olaf.jpg[/t]
they're fucked.
[QUOTE=ironman17;36782626]I dunno if you know, but Þ is a Scandinavian character that you pronounce as "th". Yeah that's right, Ólafur [B]Thór[/B] Hauksson is gonna hunt down the bankers responsible. You know it's gonna be good when the guy has Thor in his name.
Also, I was in Iceland about a week ago; it's a WONDERFUL place to live in, even if stuff's kinda expensive.[/QUOTE]
I bet he calls his dick "Thor's hammer"
What a badass
Yeah, great.
Also, one thing I love about the letter Þ, but also that I hate, is how it used to be drawn, and how it's currently drawn. In the ancient times of the Vikings, the bump in it was initially more angular; it looked like an actual goddamn THORN. Nowadays, the letter is curved, and it looks so wrong; it's either like a schizophrenic b or p, or it looks like a goddamn MOLE.
I much prefer it looking like an actual thorn, it looks like it has POWER; nowadays it just looks ugly, which is sad.
I must seem SO nerdy for criticizing Scandinavian calligraphy.
[QUOTE=bunnyspy1;36782070]How do you pronounce it?[/QUOTE]
Roughly speaking: Th-Oh-R. But I'm not a professional on Icelandic pronunciation.
[QUOTE=DrLuke;36779465]What the fuck[/QUOTE]
That'ß ünfäir - yöu're German!
-snip-
lol vikings.
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