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”).
The Government believes the Lloyd’s Register report was based on false information provided by the Spark Group of Companies and the GSD, and that the Leader of the Opposition’s deception of the people of Gibraltarian is unprecedented.
In the early hours of this morning, RGP officers seized a total of 50,000 cigarettes which were contained in several holdalls within the boot area of a locally registered vehicle driven by a 30-year old local man.
The Chief Minister, Fabian Picardo, says that the public should explicitly note the lack of any intervention from the Leader of the Opposition during the course of the Committee Stage and Third Reading of the Budget debate. This is the stage of the debate in Parliament when every member has the chance to scrutinise every penny of Government spending.