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 GSD says it welcomes the announcement in the speech by Theresa May that the UK Government will place any Brexit deal it negotiates with the European Union to a vote in the British Parliament. The Opposition says that it is, however, clear from that speech that the U.K. will not sacrifice the ability to restrict free movement of people in return for access to the Single Market.
In the early hours of this morning, Royal Gibraltar Police uniformed officers from the on duty Area Response Team and Marine Section crew arrested three individuals on suspicion of Burglary.