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Tag: Gibraltar crime
Customs officers find two tonnes of hash valued at £9 million floating in the sea east of Gibraltar
CUSTOMS officers have seized two tonnes of hashish they found floating in British waters on the eastern side of the Rock.
Authorities worked out that...
Gibraltar man who drove into wall at almost four times drink drive limit jailed
A GIBRALTAR man who drove a vehicle into a wall while nearly four times over the drink driving limit will spend three months in...
Gibraltar’s financial crime unit attributes Project Nexus outreach for rise in money laundering reports
BANKS declared more suspicious activity reports (SARs) in 2022 than the year before, the Gibraltar Financial Intelligence Unit (GFIU) revealed in its annual report.
The...
Gibraltar university partners with ferry company FRS to train staff and give students job placements
GIBRALTAR’S university has signed a deal with a major ferry company to train professionals and put its maritime academy students on job placements.
The partnership...
Police foil petrol bomb plot on Gibraltar governor’s home only to find they were fizzy drink bottles
A MAN accused of making two bomb hoaxes at the Convent will get a mental health check after police found his ‘petrol bombs’ were...
Gibraltar police charge eighth soldier for attacking police in Friday morning’s violent brawl
POLICE have charged an eighth serving soldier with attacking police after Royal Marine commandos fought back while getting arrested at Ocean Village last Friday...
Royal Marine commandos go AWOL in Gibraltar’s Ocean Village brawl as police officers try to arrest them
POLICE had to use pepper spray and batons to arrest seven Royal Marine commandos who got into a large brawl in Ocean Village early...
Minister warns of ‘threat of cyber attack’ at Gibraltar conference featuring UK law enforcement agents
‘THE threat of cyber attack is growing’ for both private and public sectors, a government minister said at a recent internet security conference.
Minister for...
Man charged with fighting in public place using potato peeler in Gibraltar pleads guilty in court
A COURT tried a local man who allegedly fought another in Gibraltar with a potato peeler this week.
Prosecutors charged Callum Gilfillan, 20, with affray,...
Gibraltar’s Supreme Court turns down judicial review of unlawful killing inquest over police collision at sea
GIBRALTAR’S Supreme Court has this week rejected a petition by two policeman to review the inquest that found them guilty of the unlawful killing...
Gibraltar regulators fine local estate agent over money laundering ‘breaches and deficiencies’
GIBRALTAR’S crackdown on money laundering continued this week when it fined an estate agent for not putting the right checks in place to prevent...
Gibraltar police secure access to UK super-database civil rights groups have flagged over privacy concerns
POLICE in Gibraltar will get up-to-the-second access to the UK’s controversial new national police super database when it comes into service.
Royal Gibraltar Police (RGP)...
BREAKING: Police charge ex-Commissioner McGrail with alleged sexual assault of a policewoman
POLICE have arrested and charged their former chief with ‘an alleged sexual assault’ on a policewoman in 2018, a senior officer said.
Ian McGrail. 56,...
Uncle of Syrian autocrat Bashar al-Assad, nicknamed the ‘Butcher of Hama’, evades trial in Spain on medical grounds
SPAIN’S national court will try in May to resume the trial of the billionaire uncle of Syrian autocrat Bashar al-Assad, accused of money laundering...
Gibraltar man who choked, slapped and threatened to kill pregnant woman gets prison time
A GIBRALTAR man who choked and threatened to kill a pregnant woman was sentenced to eight months in prison.
Imad El Haik Massaoud, 33, of...
New fund uses seized money laundered cash to boost Gibraltar police and customs training
A NEW fund will reinvest cash recovered from money laundering and terrorist financing in Gibraltar back into the law enforcement agencies who tackle it...
Man gets 15 week prison time for breaking into Main Street bar in Gibraltar last June
A MAN who police caught breaking into a Main Street Gibraltar bar last year will spend 15 weeks in prison.
The Magistrates Court condemned Riyen...
New lead in Simon Parkes Gibraltar murder probe 36 years ago takes police to new Upper Rock site
POLICE in Gibraltar are using ground-penetrating radar at a new area of the Upper Rock to search for the remains of a sailor missing...
Man who choked woman until she was gasping for air in Gibraltar will spend 15 months behind bars
A SWISS man resident in Gibraltar will spend 15 months in prison after he choked, kicked and spat at a woman during a number...
Man who holds a saw to a woman’s neck and threatens to kill her in Gibraltar gets seven months...
A GIBRALTAR man who held a handsaw to a woman’s neck and threatened to cut her throat on Christmas Day got seven months prison...
Customs discover €3 million of cocaine attached to hull of a cargo ship in Gibraltar waters
CUSTOMS have discovered 55 kilos of cocaine hidden in the water intake compartment of a Norwegian cargo ship that was passing through Gibraltar.
A local...
Customs officers charge two Gibraltar men with £22 million money laundering over illegal cigarette sales
CUSTOMS in Gibraltar charged a local man for allegedly money laundering over £22 million from undeclared tobacco sales from 2015 to 2019.
Authorities arrested Rajesh...
Man gets eight weeks in prison after attacking girlfriend while drunk
MAGISTRATES imprisoned a Gibraltar man for eight weeks after he attacked his partner while drunk last month.
Ian McIntosh, 45, of Alameda Estate pleaded guilty...
Judge locks up man who smashes woman’s front teeth out and imprisons her in Gibraltar home overnight
THE Supreme Court locked up a man for two years who hit a woman so hard with a takeaway container he knocked out her...
Financial watchdog urges Gibraltar confiscate more suspicious accounts in money laundering fight
A FINANCIAL watchdog has cut down to just one point what Gibraltar needs to do to set it free from the tax haven grey...
Two years in prison for Gibraltar man who hit woman so hard he knocked out her dental crowns
A MAN who grabbed a woman by the breast and then hit her so hard he knocked out her dental crowns will spend two...
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