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”).
Following information received from the Guardia Civil yesterday afternoon regarding a high speed pursuit of a jet-ski travelling from the Moroccan coastline into the eastern side of British Gibraltar Territorial Waters (BGTW), the RGP Marine Section, assisted by a GDP vessel, deployed in support.
A 41-year-old Spanish man and a 32-year-old local woman, both resident in Gibraltar, were arrested yesterday evening on suspicion of being in possession of controlled Class C drugs, namely 80 x 50mg Tramadol Hydrochloride tablets.
In its continuing work to improve the marine environment and restore its diversity, the Department of the Environment and Climate change (DECC) has recently commenced an initiative to reintroduce the European Flat Oyster (Ostrea edulis) in British Gibraltar Territorial Waters (BGTW) as part of its wider marine restoration programme.