Iceland Seeks Financial Crash Closure with Last Prosecution

The Lehman Brothers bankruptcy threw the United States into an epoch-defining financial storm. Imagine 300 of them going bust at once. That, in relative terms, is what Iceland endured a decade ago during its banking crisis, which on this rugged island steeped in myths of gods and giants is now known as “hrunid” - the collapse. The last in a series of prosecutions of those deemed responsible started this month and the hope is that it will give this country of 330,000 people some closure...

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