Gib tug-of-war: European Commission finds 'no problems' with tax evasion
Tuesday, August 27, 2013 @ 9:58 PM
EUROPEAN Commissioners have refused to investigate Gibraltar for 'money-laundering' or 'tax avoidance' as requested by Spain's PP government and insists it will merely concentrate on border queues and inspections, and smuggling of contraband goods and people.
Spokeswoman for the EC, Pia Åhrenkilde, said in a press conference today (Tuesday): “The brief for this fact-finding mission was to investigate purely those issues which the EC president, José Manuel Durão Barroso had occasion to discuss with Rajoy and Cameron – that is quite clear.”
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