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Former head of Danske Bank in Estonia found dead

Aivar Rehe was chief executive of the Danske branch at the centre of a $230bn money-laundering scandal

A Danske Bank branch in Tallinn, the Estonian capital
A Danske Bank branch in Tallinn, the Estonian capital Photo: Getty Images

The former head of Danske Bank in Estonia has been found dead after he disappeared from his home on Monday morning.

Local police said they have found the body of Aivar Rehe, who was chief executive of the Danske Bank branch at the centre of a $230bn money-laundering scandal, after a two-day search, according to a report from Estonian public broadcaster ERR. Rehe left the bank in 2015.

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