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”).
Reports in yesterday’s edition of the Daily Mail have suggested that UK Europe Minister David Lidington will be visiting Gibraltar within the next month in order to ‘discuss the problems’ Gibraltar continues to face, with Spain.
Incursions into BGTW by the Guardia Civil have become a regular occurrence on the Eastside, with the Guardia Civil’s Rio Cedena passing close by the recently completed Sandy Bay, two nights in a row this week at approximately 7pm yesterday and Monday evening.