27 March 2012

The Capital Controls Surveillance Unit of the Central Bank conducts search of premises

<P>The Capital Controls Surveillance Unit of the Central Bank of Iceland, with the assistance of the Office of the Special Prosecutor, carried out a search at the offices of Samherji hf. in Reykjavík and Akureyri this morning. The search was conducted in connection with the Central Bank&#8217;s legally mandated investigative role, based on the authority contained in the Foreign Exchange Act, no. 87/1992, due to suspicion of violations of the Act. </P>
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<P align=right>No. 13/2012<BR>27 March 2012</P>
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