Albert Isola, Minister for Financial Services, signed an Intergovernmental Agreement (IGA) between Gibraltar and the United Kingdom to improve international tax compliance last Thursday.
The signing took place during the Minister's attendance at the annual meeting of the OECD Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information for Tax Purposes, held this year in Jakarta, Indonesia.
Following the recommendations made by the European Commission to the Gibraltar Government this month, regarding tobacco smuggling, the Chief Minister has today extended the powers of Customs and the Royal Gibraltar Police to stop and search individuals and direct then out of new ‘Special Zones’ extending from the Frontier to the Sundial Roundabout on Winston Churchill Avenue.
Weekend Crime Report For 22-11-13 To 25-11-13
CRIME REPORTS
1 Report of Theft.
1 Report of Obtaining Services Dishonestly.
1 Report of Criminal Damage.
The GSD have said that recent comments by Kevin Coyne, Unite’s national officer for Gibraltar that a successful economy requires a highly skilled, highly motivated, professional workforce brings into sharp focus what the Opposition has been advocating.
