New list of countries with a high risk of money laundering, terrorist financing and corruption (Ministerial Order no. 2024 756 of 20 December 2024)

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.

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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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