In the early hours of this morning, the lifeless body of an unidentified man was found on the shoreline of Sandy Bay, along with a number of bales of Cannabis Resin. The RGP are currently carrying out an investigation that will seek to establish whether there is a connection between the man and the drugs as well as the circumstances surrounding the death of the man. A Cororner’s investigation is also underway.
In a joint statement issued yesterday, 36 jurisdictions including Gibraltar committed themselves to early adoption of the Common Reporting Standard for automatic exchange of information being developed in the OECD.
‘Tax evasion is a global problem and requires a global solution, removing the hiding places for those who would seek to evade their legal obligations,” says the statement by the 36 countries and territories who pledge to “strongly support the development of the single global standard for automatic exchange of information between tax authorities’.
Chief Minister Fabian Picardo was this evening unable to deliver a lecture at the University of Cadiz as a result of serious public order issues which led to him being advised that his personal security could not be guaranteed by law enforcement.
MV Eddystone will arrive in Gibraltar on Sunday morning to offload military vehicles taken to Morocco on Exercise Jebel Sahara.
