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Re: Tax havens exposed in huge law firm leak
First casualty falls on his sword:
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Iceland’s embattled prime minister, Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson, has tendered his resignation in the wake of a mounting political crisis over his family’s offshore investments, local media have reported.
The agriculture and fisheries minister, Sigurður Ingi Jóhannsson, told state broadcaster RUV that Gunnlaugsson was resigning as prime minister and that he would be replacing him.
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Gunnlaugsson, the first major casualty from the Panama Papers leak of more than 11 million documents that lay bare the tax-avoidance arrangements of the rich and famous around the world, will nonetheless remain leader of his Progressive party, Jóhannsson said.
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