16/11/2021

HRST #2 High-Risk States and Territories list updated – November 2021

Ministerial Order no. 2021-703, published in Monaco’s Journal de Monaco on November 12, 2021, updates the list of states or territories whose anti-money laundering, terrorist financing or corruption system have strategic deficiencies.

This publication repeals Ministerial Order n°2018-930 of September 28, 2018.

As a reminder, when a business relationship or transaction involves one of the states on this list, enhanced due diligence measures must be put in place (cf. article 14-2 of Act no. 1.362 as amended).

The list now includes the following 19 countries :

  • Afghanistan
  • Bahamas
  • Barbados
  • Botswana
  • Cambodia
  • Ghana
  • Iraq
  • Jamaica
  • Mauritius
  • Myanmar/Burma
  • Nicaragua
  • Uganda
  • Pakistan
  • Panama
  • Syria
  • Trinidad and Tobago
  • Vanuatu
  • Yemen
  • Zimbabwe

One country has been removed from the list: Mongolia.

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