Day: September 4, 2022

On 4 September, the Guardian reported on a public inquiry into the controversial early retirement of its police commissioner in June 2020, who is alleged to have been put under “inappropriate pressure” with respect to a sensitive investigation involving a security contract.  A retired judge and a leading human rights lawyer from the UK are being flown in for the inquiry, which will resume with a preliminary hearing this month and hear allegations of corruption.  In January, the Attorney General issued a decision not to prosecute in January with respect to 3 men, including one of the territory’s most senior civil servants, who were charged with conspiracy to defraud Bland Ltd, a 200-year-old company with deep links to Gibraltar society and politics.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/sep/04/gibraltar-government-braces-for-inquiry-into-alleged-corruption-on-security-contracts

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On 3 September, the New York Times reported that shipping data researchers have identified hundreds of cases where a ship has transmitted fake location coordinates in order to carry out murky and even illegal business operations and circumvent international laws and sanctions.  AIS manipulation, tampering this way with satellite location trackers carried by large ships is illegal under international law, and until recently, most fleets are believed to have largely followed the rules.  The vessels use a technology that, in essence, replicates the effect of a VPN cellphone app, making a ship appear to be in one place, while physically being elsewhere.  Its use has included Chinese fishing fleets hiding operations in protected waters off South America, tankers concealing stops in Iranian oil ports, and container ships obfuscating journeys in the Middle East.

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/03/world/americas/ships-gps-international-law.html

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On 4 September, various media reported that a 15-member team from FATF recently completed its onsite visit to Pakistan, with the final decision on the country’s grey list status now expected at next plenary meeting set to take place in Paris in October.  According to sources, the Pakistani officials are confident that the visiting team was satisfied with the country’s implementation of its 2 action plans.

https://propakistani.pk/2022/09/04/final-decision-on-pakistans-fatf-fate-in-october-as-team-completes-onsite-visit/

https://tribune.com.pk/story/2374628/fatf-team-completes-onsite-visit-to-decide-pakistans-fate

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