Jurisdiction risk · the lists explained

AML country risk, A–Z

FATF and EU list status for every jurisdiction · published by Ioannou & Sharpe LLC

Geographic risk comes before everything else in an AML file: is the client, the owner, or the money connected to a listed jurisdiction? Check the current status of 213 jurisdictions across the four lists that drive EU and Cyprus geographic risk — updated after every FATF plenary and EU amendment.

3 FATF black list22 FATF grey list25 EU high-risk10 EU tax Annex I
Checking a list answers one question; a compliant file needs the rest — sanctions, PEP and adverse-media screening on the parties themselves, with the geographic findings written into an audit-ready report. FIRMCY does all of it in one run. New organisations get 100 free credits, no card required.
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Tags: BLACK FATF Call for Action · GREY FATF increased monitoring · EU EU high-risk third country (mandatory EDD) · TAX EU tax Annex I. Untagged countries are on none of the four lists.

A

Afghanistan EUAlbaniaAlgeria EUAmerican Samoa TAXAndorraAngola GREY EUAnguilla TAXAntigua and BarbudaArgentinaArmeniaArubaAustraliaAustriaAzerbaijan

B

BahamasBahrainBangladeshBarbadosBelarusBelgiumBelizeBeninBermudaBhutanBolivia GREY EUBosnia and Herzegovina GREYBotswanaBrazilBritish Virgin Islands GREY EUBruneiBulgaria GREYBurkina FasoBurundi

C

Cabo VerdeCambodiaCameroon GREY EUCanadaCayman IslandsCentral African RepublicChadChileChinaColombiaComorosCosta RicaCroatiaCubaCuraçaoCyprusCzechiaCôte d'Ivoire GREY

D

Democratic Republic of the Congo GREY EUDenmarkDjiboutiDominicaDominican Republic

E

EcuadorEgyptEl SalvadorEquatorial GuineaEritreaEstoniaEswatiniEthiopia

F

FijiFinlandFrance

G

GabonGambiaGeorgiaGermanyGhanaGibraltarGreeceGrenadaGuam TAXGuatemalaGuernseyGuineaGuinea-BissauGuyana

H

Haiti GREY EUHondurasHong KongHungary

I

IcelandIndiaIndonesiaIran BLACK EUIraq GREYIrelandIsle of ManIsraelItaly

J

JamaicaJapanJerseyJordan

K

KazakhstanKenya GREY EUKiribatiKosovoKuwait GREYKyrgyzstan

L

Laos GREY EULatviaLebanon GREY EULesothoLiberiaLibyaLiechtensteinLithuaniaLuxembourg

M

MacaoMadagascarMalawiMalaysiaMaldivesMaliMaltaMarshall IslandsMauritaniaMauritiusMexicoMicronesiaMoldovaMonaco GREY EUMongoliaMontenegroMoroccoMozambiqueMyanmar BLACK EU

N

Namibia EUNauruNepal GREY EUNetherlandsNew ZealandNicaraguaNigerNigeriaNorth Korea BLACK EUNorth MacedoniaNorway

O

Oman

P

PakistanPalau TAXPalestinePanama TAXPapua New Guinea GREYParaguayPeruPhilippinesPolandPortugalPuerto Rico

Q

Qatar

R

Republic of the CongoRomaniaRussia EU TAXRwanda

S

Saint Kitts and NevisSaint LuciaSaint Vincent and the GrenadinesSamoaSan MarinoSaudi ArabiaSenegalSerbiaSeychellesSierra LeoneSingaporeSlovakiaSloveniaSolomon IslandsSomaliaSouth AfricaSouth KoreaSouth Sudan GREY EUSpainSri LankaSudanSurinameSwedenSwitzerlandSyria GREY EUSão Tomé and Príncipe

T

TaiwanTajikistanTanzaniaThailandTimor-LesteTogoTongaTrinidad and Tobago EUTunisiaTurkmenistanTurks and Caicos Islands TAXTuvaluTürkiye

U

US Virgin Islands TAXUgandaUkraineUnited Arab EmiratesUnited KingdomUnited StatesUruguayUzbekistan

V

Vanuatu EU TAXVenezuela GREY EUVietnam GREY EU TAX

Y

Yemen GREY EU

Z

ZambiaZimbabwe
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