Countries with a high risk of money laundering, terrorist financing and corruption (Ministerial Orders no. 2024-756 of 20 December 2024 and no. 2025-4 of 16 January 2025)

1/ Ministerial Order no. 2024-756 (JDM no. 8727 of 27 December 2024) establishes the national list of States or territories whose anti-money laundering, anti-financing of terrorism or anti-corruption measures are strategically deficient, as referred to in article 14-1 of Law no. 1.362 of 3 August 2009, as amended, and set by Ministerial Order no. 2021-703 of 8 November 2021, in accordance with the FATF's decisions (Plenary meeting of 23 to 25 October 2024) and the European Union's list.

• New national list: Afghanistan, South Africa, Algeria, Angola, Barbados, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of Congo, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Côte d'Ivoire, Croatia, United Arab Emirates, Gibraltar, Haiti, Islamic Republic of Iran, Jamaica, Kenya, Lebanon, Mali; Mozambique, Myanmar/Burma, Namibia, Nigeria, Uganda, Panama, Philippines, Senegal, South Sudan, Syria, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vietnam, Yemen.
  

2/ In addition, Ministerial Order no. 2025-4 of 16 January 2025 (JDM no. 8730 of 17 January 2025) added a new Article 2 to Ministerial Order no. 2021-703, which states that:

• "Pursuant to Article 41 of Law no.1.362 of 3 August 2009, as amended, referred to above, the reporting obligations set out in Chapter V of the said Law are extended to transactions and facts relating to natural or legal persons domiciled, registered or established on the territory of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea and the Islamic Republic of Iran".

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Sources:

• Decision to place Venezuela on the list of jurisdictions under enhanced scrutiny taken by the FATF at its Plenary meeting on 26-28 June 2024;
• Decision to remove Turkey from the list of jurisdictions under enhanced scrutiny taken by the FATF at its Plenary Meeting on 26-28 June 2024;
• Considering the decision to remove Jamaica from the list of jurisdictions under enhanced scrutiny taken by the FATF at its Plenary Meeting on 26-28 June 2024, which nevertheless remains on the European Union list;
• Considering the decision to place Algeria, Angola, Côte d'Ivoire and Lebanon on the list of jurisdictions under enhanced scrutiny taken by the FATF at its Plenary Meeting on 23-25 October 2024;
• Considering the decision to remove Senegal from the list of jurisdictions under enhanced scrutiny taken by the FATF at its Plenary Meeting from 23 to 25 October 2024, which nevertheless remains on the European Union list.

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