Ministerial Order no. 2023-680 of November 22, 2023, published in Monaco’s Journal de Monaco on December 01, 2023, updates the list of countries or territories whose anti-money laundering, anti-terrorist financing or anti-corruption measures are strategically deficient.
This publication amends Ministerial Order no. 2023-413 of July 7, 2023.
As a reminder, the obligations relating to ETHR are as follows:
- When a transaction involves a counterparty with links to an ETHR, a special examination report must be drawn up and kept (article 14 of the amended law n°1.362) ;
- When a business relationship or transaction involves an ETHR, enhanced due diligence measures must be put in place (cf. article 14-2 of law no. 1.362 as amended).
The list currently comprises 28 countries. 1 State has been added and 5 States have been deleted:
| Afghanistan | Mozambique |
| South Africa | Myanmar/Burma |
| Nigeria | |
| Barbados | Uganda |
| Bulgaria | Panama |
| Burkina Faso | Philippines |
| Democratic Republic of Congo | |
| Cameroon | Senegal |
| Croatia | South Soudan |
| United Arab Emirates | Syria |
| Gibraltar | Tanzania |
| Haiti | Trinidad and Tobago |
| Turkey | |
| Jamaica | Vanuatu |
| Vietnam | |
| Mali | Yemen |