20/12/2021

HRST#3 High Risk States and Territories list updated – December 2021

Ministerial Order n°2021-775 of December 7, 2021, published in the Journal de Monaco of December 17, 2021, updates the list of states or territories whose anti-money laundering, terrorist financing or corruption system have strategic deficiencies.

This publication amends Ministerial Order no. 2021-703 of November 8, 2021.

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 amended law no. 1.362).

The list now includes the following 31 countries:

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

The Monegasque list now includes the European list of high-risk third countries and the FATF list of jurisdictions under surveillance.

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