Gibraltar does not cooperate with the Spanish authorities in the fight against money laundering

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From: RafaMinu
Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2006 15:44

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The companies based in Gibraltar, home to 28,000 people, are exempt
from taxes and the authorities allow account holders to maintain
anonymity. These rules explain why there are more than six companies
per inhabitant of the island and most are registered there for the only
purpose of opening bank accounts.

Back in 2002, Spanish judge Baltasar Garzón run up against the
airtight secrecy of authorities in Gibraltar, which ultimately
frustrated his campaign of investigations into alleged money
laundering, tax evasion and embezzlement of funds, and even possible
blackmail payments to the illegal Basque organisation ETA. Garzón did
not received solid responses to his formal requests for information
from Gibraltar while investigating the opening of secret accounts and
movement of funds.

The cooperation of Gibraltar with the Guardia Civil has also been
traditionally nil, in the Guardia Civil's investigations of money
laundering, tobacco smuggling or fraud, in spite that such cooperation
has been sought through various avenues such as 'commissions rogatoire'
and financial intelligence units.

There has been no cooperation with UK or Gibraltar authorities as
regards to all the 'anti money-laundering' operations that have been
taking place in the past years.

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