Moment Iceland's PM Storms Out Of Interview After He Is Asked About A Financial Fraud

Sigmundur David Gunnlaugsson, who came to power in 2013 on a wave of anti-bank anger in the aftermath of the Icelandic financial meltdown, is facing a no-confidence vote over claims he hid millions in a firm in the British Virgin Islands when Iceland's banking system crashed. Leaked documents show that he and his wife bought offshore company Wintris in 2007, but he did not declare an interest in the company when entering parliament two years later. After the banking meltdown, he is said to have resisted pressure from foreign creditors - including UK customers - to repay their deposits in full because it may have affected both the Icelandic banks and the value of the bonds held by Wintris.

When pressed on the revelations during an interview, he appeared flustered before snapping 'I have never hidden assets' and walking out (main and right). Gunnlaugsson is among a number of world leaders, celebrities, British politicians and the global rich who have been implicated in the biggest financial data leak in history.  Others include..... continue below...


The president of Argentina Mauricio Macri, former Emir of Qatar Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, the president of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko, prime minister of Iceland Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson, former president of Sudan Ahmad Ali al-Mirghani, former prime minister of Jordan Ali Abu al-Ragheb, Russian president Vladimir Putin, King of Saudi Arabia King Salman bin Abdulaziz bin Abdulrahman Al Saud, former Ukraine prime minister Pavlo Lazarenko, former prime minister of Qatar Hamad bin Jassim bin Jaber Al Thani, ex-prime minister of Iraq Ayad Allawi, UAE President Khalifa bin Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan and former prime minister of Georgia Bidzina Ivanishvili.