DNB in trouble over Fishrot-related payments to Dubai
The Norwegian bank DNB ended its relationship with Icelandic fishing corporation Samherji after the fishing company gave what the bank deemed inadequate explanations of payments to three offshore companies and a company owned by the son-in-law of Namibia’s fisheries minister.
Documents filed in a Namibian court shed new light on why DNB closed the accounts of subsidiaries of Samherji last year. Last week, the bank issued a public statement saying that it had been warned it may be hit with a $45 million fine for not complying with money laundering regulations. The bank has been under police investigation in Norway since the Fishrot Files were published last year.