Tag: Prime Minister Sigmundur David Gunnlaugsson

Iceland premier resigns as Panama Papers scandal widens 

by Hugues Honore with David Williams in Paris REYKJAVIK, Iceland (AFP) —  Iceland’s prime minister resigned Tuesday, becoming the first political victim of a mushrooming global scandal over hidden offshore financial dealings exposed in the so-called Panama Papers. Prime Minister Sigmundur David Gunnlaugsson was the biggest casualty of a worldwide media probe into 11.5 million leaked documents that purportedly reveal the offshore financial activities of 140 political figures, including 12 current or former heads of […]