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Many of them are now the target of popular outrage. Jon Asgeir Johannesson, the boss of Baugur, has even been subject of a satirical video on YouTube, set to the theme tune of the film The Godfather.

Mr Johannesson is now rarely seen in his former homeland. Nevertheless last month he claimed: “I’ll be back.” The next day, several cartoons on Iceland’s internet news websites warned the public to take cover should Hurricane Jon Asgeir return to the island at three billion krona per second.

Others including Lydur Gudmundsson and Agust Gudmundsson, the brothers behind Kaupthing and, Bjorgolfur Thor Bjorgolfsson and Bjorgolfur Gudmundsson, the father-and-son team who owned Landsbanki, have all but vanished from the streets of Reykjavik.

An investigation into “suspicions of criminal actions” has been launched, with institutions that attracted billions of pounds in deposits from thousands of UK citizens, businesses, local authorities and charities at its centre.