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 United Kingdom will defend Gibraltar’s interests and sovereignty and work to increase the Rock’s access to the UK market in a “bright new future” following Brexit.
On the 28 June 2013 the Government announced with much fanfare the establishment of a Inter Ministerial Committee to address Gibraltar's drugs problem.