Moneyval preparation must be a ‘genuinely national exercise’, Feetham says

Moneyval preparation must be a ‘genuinely national exercise’, Feetham says

23rd September 2026

The Minister for Justice, Trade and Industry, Nigel Feetham, said Gibraltar’s preparations for its forthcoming Moneyval evaluation must be a “genuinely national exercise” involving government, public authorities, law enforcement, supervisors and the private sector. Mr Feetham was speaking at the opening of a Moneyval country training session at the Sunborn hotel on Wednesday morning. The...

Money laundering 'isn’t taken seriously', financial journalist tells GACO conference

23rd September 2026

Journalist and author Oliver Bullough questioned whether money laundering is taken seriously and the effectiveness global efforts, describing how the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) was better at generating paperwork and targeting small jurisdictions than tackling the problem in major financial centres. Mr Bullough delivered the keynote address at the Gibraltar Association of Compliance Officers’...

TNG renews bid for 24-hour working at Eastside 

23rd September 2026

TNG Global Foundation is again asking the members of the Development and Planning Commission to allow temporary 24-hour working on coastal protection works at the Eastside.   The debate on the application will be heard on Thursday morning when the members meet for the September meeting, which will be online.   In June this year, the DPC...

Azopardi pledges to cut law firm ties as part of conflicts reform plan 

23rd September 2026

Keith Azopardi, the Leader of the Opposition, said he would sever all professional and financial links with his law firm if he becomes Chief Minister after the next general election.  He made the commitment on Tuesday as he set out a package of proposed reforms aimed at tightening rules on conflicts of interest.  They included...

Chagos agreement ‘a terrible deal’, Trump tells Burnham

22nd September 2026

Donald Trump told Prime Minister Andy Burnham the UK’s agreement with Mauritius to hand over the Chagos Islands is a “terrible deal” and “ridiculous”. Asked by reporters about the deal after a bilateral meeting on the fringes of the United Nations General Assembly, the US president said: “I don’t support it. I think it’s a...

Cross-border worker Seila Pavón to stand as PSOE candidate for La Línea

21st September 2026

Cross-border worker Seila Pavón Guerrero will be the PSOE candidate for La Línea in the municipal elections due to be held in May 2027. The PSOE Provincial Executive Committee in Cádiz approved her nomination on Monday morning. Ms Pavón is a law graduate from the University of Cádiz and is living in La Línea since...

La Linea museum launches third edition of previously unseen Cruz Herrera paintings

21st September 2026

The Museo Cruz Herrera is exhibiting 23 paintings by the prolific portraitist that have never had a public showing as part of the third edition of its Ineditos initiative which aims to bring his little-known works to greater prominence.  The museum has previously displayed collections of its prolific namesake’s work, such as an exhibition in January featuring portraits exclusively of blonde women.  Director Mercedes Corbacho said that around 40% of the museum’s Cruz Herrera paintings have never been exhibited publicly and...

Drugs-related offenders increasingly using military-grade weapons, Spanish prosecutors say

21st September 2026

The representatives of Fiscalía de Andalucía, Andalucía’s prosecution service, have all expressed “alarm” at the increasing number of military-grade firearms being discovered by police officers when raiding drugs caches.  The service’s latest report, Memoria de la Fiscalía del Estado which was published last week and covers the year 2025, also highlights a rise in the numbers of people arrested...