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”).
A mentally ill man who is currently in the King George V Hospital was deemed to be unfit to plea or stand for trial at a Supreme Court case review this morning. The local man, who is in his forties, was arrested in 2012 on suspicion of arson. He spent several months in prison on remand before being transferred to the hospital.
A 34 year old local man has been sentenced to four weeks imprisonment and disqualified from driving for eighteen months following his conviction for driving whilst over the prescribed limit.
Chief Minister, Fabian Picardo, today addressed influential US Conservative think-tank, the Heritage Foundation in Washington DC. The event was attended by around 30 delegates at the venue and online by viewers around the globe. Mr Picardo’s speech concentrated on re-enforcing the historic relationship that Gibraltar has always had with the UK and it’s allies, the USA.