Central Bank of Iceland conducts dawn raid on fishing company

Central Bank of Iceland

Samherji, the second biggest company in the Icelandic fish industry, was on March 27 the target of a dawn raid by the capital controls surveillance unit of the Central Bank of Iceland.

The central bank said the searches of the company's premises in Reykjavík and Akureyri were conducted in connection with the institution's "legally mandated investigative role". But Samherji was not happy.

"Samherji has in every respect complied with the law both as regards foreign exchange transactions and in

Only users who have a paid subscription or are part of a corporate subscription are able to print or copy content.

To access these options, along with all other subscription benefits, please contact info@centralbanking.com or view our subscription options here: http://subscriptions.centralbanking.com/subscribe

You are currently unable to copy this content. Please contact info@centralbanking.com to find out more.

Sorry, our subscription options are not loading right now

Please try again later. Get in touch with our customer services team if this issue persists.

New to Central Banking? View our subscription options

Register for Central Banking

All fields are mandatory unless otherwise highlighted

This address will be used to create your account

You need to sign in to use this feature. If you don’t have a Central Banking account, please register for a trial.

Sign in
You are currently on corporate access.

To use this feature you will need an individual account. If you have one already please sign in.

Sign in.

Alternatively you can request an individual account

.