14/06/2022

HRST #4 High-Risk States and Territories list updated – June 2022

Ministerial Order no. 2022-234 of May 6, 2022, published in the Journal de Monaco on May 13, 2022, updates the list of jurisdictions and territories whose anti-money laundering, anti-terrorist financing or anti-corruption measures are strategically deficient.

This publication amends Ministerial Order no. 2021-703 of November 8, 2021. The list now includes 27 states. It includes 1 new state, in green, and 5 states, in red, have been withdrawn:

  • Afghanistan
  • Morocco
  • Albania
  • Mauritius
  • Bahamas
  • Myanmar/Burma
  • Barbados
  • Nicaragua
  • Botswana
  • Uganda
  • Burkina Faso
  • Pakistan
  • Cambodia
  • Panama
  • United Arab Emirates
  • Philippines
  • Ghana
  • Senegal
  • Haiti
  • South Sudan
  • Cayman Islands
  • Syria
  • Iraq
  • Trinidad and Tobago
  • Jamaica
  • Turkey
  • Jordan
  • Vanuatu
  • Mali
  • Yemen
  • Malta
  • Zimbabwe

Reminder:

  • For any transaction involving a counterparty with links to an HRJT, a special examination must be formalized (cf. article 14 of Law no. 1.362 as amended);
  • When a business relationship or transaction involves an HRJT, enhanced due diligence measures must be put in place (cf. article 14-2 of Law n°1.362 as amended and Chapter VII bis of Sovereign Order n°2.318 as amended).

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