About the data
Where the lists on this site come from, how often they are updated, and who runs the site.
What the lists are
EU high-risk third countries
The European Commission identifies third countries with strategic deficiencies in their regimes against money laundering and terrorist financing. Under the EU anti-money laundering rules, banks and other obliged entities must apply enhanced due diligence to business relationships and transactions involving these countries. The list is set out in Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/1675 and the acts that amend it.
FATF call for action
The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) lists jurisdictions with significant strategic deficiencies in countering money laundering, terrorist financing and proliferation financing. It calls on all jurisdictions to apply enhanced due diligence to them and, in the most serious cases, countermeasures. This list is often called the FATF black list.
FATF increased monitoring
Jurisdictions under increased monitoring are working with the FATF to address strategic deficiencies within agreed timeframes. The FATF does not call for enhanced due diligence for them, but encourages its members to take their listing into account in their risk analysis. This list is often called the FATF grey list.
Not being on these lists does not by itself mean a country is low risk; your own risk assessment still applies.
Sources and attribution
Every listing on this site links to the publication behind it. EU listings come from Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/1675 and the acts that amend it, published in the Official Journal of the European Union and available on EUR-Lex. © European Union.
FATF listings come from the statements the Financial Action Task Force publishes after each plenary, available on fatf-gafi.org. © FATF/OECD.
The site shows the status on 10 October 2026, from dataset version 2026.10.1. It is rebuilt when a new dataset version is published and at the start of each day, Brussels time, so changes that take effect on a given date appear on that date.
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