The Government says it notes, “with disappointment”, the European Parliament’s objection, today, to the entry into force of the European Commission’s decision to remove certain jurisdictions, including Gibraltar, from the EU’s list of ‘high-risk’ third-countries with strategic deficiencies as regards anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing (“AML/CFT”).
In connection with an ongoing investigation by officers of the Money Laundering Investigation Unit, two Lithuanian men aged 37 and 25, both residents of La Linea, were arrested yesterday on suspicion of conspiracy to retain the benefit of criminal conduct and of attempting to pervert the course of justice.
Independent MP Marlene Hassan-Nahon has called on the Government to conduct a “detailed, wide-ranging and frank evidence gathering exercise” to discover what major problems are currently faced by GHA staff.
Leading Firefighter Shane Brown has successfully completed a number of professional career courses in the UK recently. From the 14th to 18th November 2016 he attended the Incident Command level 1 course at the Fire Service College (FSC) in Moreton-In-Marsh, Gloucestershire, UK.